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With 'Sex and the City: The Movie' doing very well at the box office, watch for a number of chick flicks to start coming out and right out the gate this Fall is an updated adaptation of the 1939 George Cukor film of the same name, which was based on the 1936 play by Clare Boothe Luce.
In the 2008 version of 'The Women', which is directed by Diane English, the film stars Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes, Jada Pinkett Smith, Debra Messing, Candice Bergen, Bette Midler, Carrie Fisher, Lynn Whitfield, and Annette Bening.
The central character is clothing designer Mary Haines (Ryan), who lives in a beautiful country home with her wealthy financier husband and their 11-year-old daughter. Her best friend Sylvia Fowler (Bening) is the editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a woman who dictates the latest in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Mary's husband becomes involved with Crystal Allen (Mendes), a perfume salesgirl in Saks Fifth Avenue, her friendship with Sylvia is put to the test. Everyone in their close-knit circle of friends, including mother Edie Cohen (Messing) and author Alex Fisher (Pinkett Smith), begins to question their loyalty to each other and their romantic involvements.
According to article in Entertainment Weekly, in the 2008 version, most of the women are working in the fields of fashion design and publishing, and the character of Alex Fisher, played by Pinkett Smith is a lesbian.
'The Women' opens on October 10, 2008
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By: MAD LATINA on 6/19/2008 5:19PM
WTF...Why is the only hispanic female represented in this movie not only portrayed as the other woman, but her occupation is the perfume girl at Saks?
No thanks...this latina is too busy working on her masters to spend her hard earned money to see a movie that keeps us type casted as the "dumb hot tamales".
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By: Missy on 6/19/2008 8:09PM
This actually looks pretty good. It's certainly a star studded cast.
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By: Missy on 6/19/2008 8:09PM
Wait...is that Amy Winehouse on the soundtrack?
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By: Karen on 6/20/2008 9:23AM
I am not a "Sex In The City" fan...but I was sure feeling this one! Can't wait to see it!!! I know I will enjoy it!
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By: dawn on 6/20/2008 12:50PM
What about the black girl playing a lesbian? I guess that tops your latino girl playing a perfume girl at Saks. I guess we are both portrayed in a bad light a lot. Gee!! Why do they keep doing this kind of stuff?
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By: Zenobia on 6/20/2008 1:18PM
If anyone has seen ( I doubt it, not to be funny) the original "The Women" you would see why the "other woman" is depicted in the way she is. As a Black woman, it would not have mattered to me what race the OW is, but that the film stayed true to it's course.
A couple of decades ago we were in an uproar about Danny Glover and the male roles in "The Color Purple".
When do we ever just look at a movie without such analyzation? If it merits analyzation, then do it, but not before ever watching it.
Now, if you want stereotypes, visit Birth of a Nation and then we can talk.
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By: Have Faith on 6/20/2008 4:19PM
I saw the previews a couple of weeks ago, and it seems like it will be very good. No stereotypical roles, just women being women and their experiences. Very funny too. I'm happy for Jada, she needs to make more movies.
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By: Shannon Maria Trabue on 6/21/2008 2:18PM
I love to see Jada Pinkett Smith act, I would also love to see her produce more sitcom too. She is a very talented woman and I would love to act in one of her TV sitcom one day.
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By: sassydancer on 6/21/2008 2:42PM
the cast is a powerhouse crew...i am lovin jada's pinkett role she is so multi-talented and amazingly beautiful. the others are doing a fine job also
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By: jane smith on 6/21/2008 10:16PM
Why is playing a lesbian considered being shown in a "bad light"? And no, that is not Amy Winehouse. The song ("mercy") is by Duffy, a singer from the UK.
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