I used to watch Sex and The City in the day. It was always promoted as a feminist series for and about women who were making lots money and choosing sex just for fun if that was their choice. Carrie Bradshaw played by Sarah Jessica Parker wrote a magazine column but never had any money, went to parties all the time and had a wardrobe way beyond her means. Carrie loved Mr. Big played by Christ Noth. New York City and its role as center of the universe featured strongly in the series.

Noth said somewhat tongue in cheek....

Big was powerful because he had a lot of money and he seemed to have the upper hand in the relationship, but emotionally he was a wreck," he said. "Actually, no: he was what he was. One of the things I tell people is that he never tried to pretend he was anything other than what he was. It was [Carrie] who tried to pretend he was something he wasn't," he added.

"He was always honest about himself — he never cheated on her. The relationship just didn't work, and he went on to get married while she went on to — how many boyfriends did she have? She was such a whore!" he teased. "There's a misconception that Carrie was a victim of him, and that's not the case — she was a strong, smart woman."

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-new ... y-20141510

I can't exactly pinpoint why I started this thread. A little bit because it seems we expect the Cinderella, scripted ending to every story and it doesn't work that way. In the 1960s to the 2010s.