The Best of the Worst

Manohla Dargis has the best rundown of the worst re: Sex and the City I've read. About the production of the second movie:

The production couldn’t shoot in Abu Dhabi because authorities apparently denied it access after reading the screenplay.

And this gem. I never watched the show so I don't quite get all the references, but...:

Granted, shopping for Manolos might seem an inane form of female empowerment, but when a woman pays for those shoes herself, it means something. The problem was that the show’s creators appeared to take Barbara Kruger’s brilliant slogan “I shop therefore I am” without the requisite irony, and, over time, couture idolatry became a form of identity politics for the characters. (Given this, it’s no surprise the show embarrassed itself whenever it attempted to take on race and class.) The failure to grow up as the characters aged and began to lead adult lives, at times painfully adult lives with disappointing husbands and fertility issues, signaled that the party was long over before the show, after six seasons, mercifully ended.

Very nice.