Sex and the City 2: A Critical Analysis of Gender and Consumerism

[00:00:00]When I was a kid, I wasn't allowed to watch Sex  in the City, cruelly trapped behind the horrors of a conveniently early bedtime.

[00:00:06]And so, as forbidden  media, it inevitably fascinated me.  Later, when I was able to watch it in full as an adult in a shiny free world, I thought it was okay.   It was in some moments surprising, relatable,  embarrassing, and very explicit, but it stank   more of aspirational consumerism than anything  else, which bought me because they were buying   ugly heels instead of, I don't know, hit games  for the PS2.

[00:00:28]Like if Carrie bought an eyetoy into her fancy apartment, I would have been like oh, okay girl, but the outfits and stuff were just not particularly to my taste. I was more of a Tweed Blazer Enthusiast.

[00:00:37]I watched Annie Hall once and kind of something happened within  me but that's that's that's not relevant don't   worry about that so was refreshing as it must  have been at the time for women to have a TV   series as Frank and as focused on a successful  group of female friends speaking openly about   their sexual problems with cocktails women walk  around thinking we and their version of we is me   and my dick totally at the show to an impeccable  Modern Woman Like Me felt like less of a truly   meaningful exploration of the female experience  than it seemed to really want to be nevertheless   I loved Miranda's sneering sarcasm, Samantha's  Camp boldness, Charlotte's eternal sweetness, and   Carrie's gentle nodding and smiling whenever the  aformentioned women say and do stuff. Mmmm! Sex and   the city was a show for better or worse that  incapsulated the era and quickly entered the   cannon of iconic television no sooner had Rick 9  plus entered the chat room that he got a message   from his favorite onscreen pal Big Tool for you 4  years after it ended in the glorious year of 2008   they made a Sex in the City movie but by now it  had become a bit dull the woman had their husbands almost and The Vibes had deflated we're going  to gloss over that one though because it's   2010 follow-up Sex in the City 2 is really weird  and it's weird in a way that makes me personally   insane let me reveal to you it's esteemed Tale  the movie is about the four women taking a   trip to Abu Dhabi but it starts here at a gay  [Music] wedding okay it's a gay wedding one of   the biggest tragedies of this movie is that the  first 20 minutes are really quite fun it lows   you into a false sense of security you think damn  okay Sex in the City too is good maybe it opens   with Carrie reminiscing about the first time  she met her friends Miranda's 8s fit here is   transcendent she she looks good then we get to  listen to a song about how this is Sex in the City so true that that is what I'm watching  for Real uh this song immediately Delights me   this is good stuff this is what this is  what music is for this is what music is   all about then we attend the wedding  of Anthony and Stanford and it is so   welld designed and beautiful they have  swans they have an unbelievable able [Music] choir and then guess what Liza drop Liza's  here thank you Liza Manelli she performs Beyonce   Single Ladies and in this moment I'm in Bliss  I'm thinking okay this movie rocks sing Ladi   sing unfortunately this is the movie's Peak  it has slayed too soon we must now begin our   desent to hell Charlotte the gentle most uptight  member of the group after a few minutes of the   movie spraying the words gay wedding at us like  a zookeeper hosing down the Hogs gay wedding gay   wedding gay wedding gay wedding gay wedding  will you please stop referring to this as a   gay wedding tells her friends guys we actually  need to be more woke I think you guys aren't   quite woke enough for me right now it's a gay  wedding I figured what's one more little bitch   with an attitude guys shouldn't we be a little  bit more PC Anthony her friend in one half of the   gay wedding that is now about to happen says this  can you believe this place it looks like the Snow   Queen exploded an extremely not non-pc comment  like a completely uncontroversial and non edgy   comment and big hears that and it's like damn how  was that for PC this guy this guy is so edgy take   that Charlotte do not try to be more woke around  me my name is Big this is the thing about sex in   the city it presents a light edginess wherever  it can and I guess in this case where it can't   The Conspirator mockery of Charlotte as a  concept is maybe the point everyone here   is like Oh Charlotte you policeman you but you  know she didn't do anything worthy of rebelling   against here and indeed no one rebelled it's it's  extremely limp why is this here I don't know this   little sideways wink at something edgy is tragic  in contrast with the original show too watching   its first episode now is still so arresting and  so direct it it still feels different and weird   and Powerful there's not one woman in New York  who hasn't turned down 10 wonderful guys because   they were too short or too fat or too poor I have  been out with some of those guys the short fat   poor ones it makes absolutely no difference they  are just as self-centered and unappreciative as   the good-looking ones why don't these women just  marry a fat guy why don't they just marry a big   fat tub of lard you know we're looking carry in  the eyes something was going on here something   that very much included a jazz soundtrack but by  200 eight The Vibes are no longer CTIC they're   just sad moments later Carrie gives her friends  a lecture after they discover that Anthony is   allowed to cheat St forgets the wedding of his  dreams and I get to cheat whatever that means   Carrie chides them for being a bit confused and  uncomfortable with this comment because Carrie   as it turns out is our true woke spokeswoman  when it comes to cheating it's not really any   of our business she loves to do it she loves  to support it anyway obviously if they actually   have an understanding it's hardly cheating but  the movie leaves us pretty pretty unclear on   what the situation actually is FYI Anthony's out  there telling people he's a lot to cheat I know   he hates the tradition so he pushes against it  so he is allowed to cheat yes but only in the 45   states where we're not legally married okay but  for real bro what is the nature of your sexual   relationship please tell all your friends now I  don't know what's going on and it frightens me   Carrie notices that she's listed by her married  name at this wedding and acts a bit weird about   it. What? Nothing, I'm just surprised not  to be Bradshaw your wedding Carrie can shrug this   off for now because Liza is here though so we move  sideways to begin Miranda's plot thread which is   that she be on that phone hey I'm kiss in here  I I have to it's from him at 19 minutes in we   have the first sex of the Sex in the City 2 movie  congratulations and Samantha's plotline is as you   will already know if you have any familiarity  with the show uh that she is interested in   having sex it's bold it's groundbreaking it's  crazy but for now it's normal the status quo   is being established the other women have  relationship problems and Samantha lives a   blissful life of never remembering a man's name  now it's time for our fourth woman to encounter   her conflict and so here enters the cringiest  plot point in history her nanny has big wobbling boobs and get this she's Irish I he it was quite  the Glorious WD it was this is a hate crime   interestingly the problem surrounding this is  instigated not by Charlotte's own well-established   neurotic sensibilities but by her friends simply  choosing to ruin her life there ought to be a law   against hiring a nanny that looks like that  yeah the Jude Law their comments infect her   with a mind virus known collo Leia's anxiety  and she is instantly seeing adulterous images   in her mind after Charlotte's friends laugh  and joke we look over at all of their men and   every single one of them is gazing directly at  this woman's chest it seems it wasn't only the   children that were captivated by Charlotte's  Irish nanny and her Lucky Charms this plunges   us into one of the true Dark Places of this  movie because it presents these learing men   barely containing their slobbering dog brains as  if this is simply the natural way of things they   couldn't possibly do anything else and in fact we  will not even be discussing it ladies get serious   please begin the castration ritual back at home  starts to get a little bit pissed off big wants   to sit on the couch big wants to stay at home big  wants to watch TV damn that's sad it's 4:30 where   should I make reservations any Cravings don't  we have anything to eat here is this a bad time   to say that I think Carrie has bad taste by the  way this outfit is stinky let's just stay home okay Carry and big exchange anniversary gifts  and his gift is a TV Carrie's very sad when she   sees the TV me too girl that TV is too small  you guys are rich why don't you get a big TV   don't you want to see every pixel of nomeo  and Juliet clearly you know so you can really   enjoy the craft no okay back in the Miranda Zone  Miranda's still on their phone sit down please   and have some breakfast I can't Steve does not  like his wife being on their phone so he says   baby please please quit your job and spend time  with me please you can stay home with me Life's   Too Short go some place where they appreciate you  until you find a better job you can be home and   help out of run house and Miranda's like Steve  I am a lawyer I'm a lawyer I don't really know   why he's suggesting that she stops having a job  it's sort of framed as this job in particular is   bad and Steve seems way into the idea of her  just not having a job at all instead of like   maybe having a different job he's just so quick  to jump to this stay home with me baby but never   mind cuz her boss immediately has a sexism moment  so she quits is there a problem I don't know no   is there did you have something you like to say  to me in private I don't know that it needs to   be in private and now she can chill with her son  and man as long as she wants Miranda's conflict   is over as soon as it started where's now our  first prize goes to Brady for his Mouse maze my son now she can have fun and Vibe forever yay  meanwhile Charlotte experiences a sickening   moment when she walks in on her husband  spraying water on their Nanny's [Music] chest this is too much for me I have to pause I  have to go get myself a special drink and take   the hottest shower possible to blast the sticky  sad feeling out of my body at this point don't   let this stuff happen to Charlotte please she has  my sweet little creature I cannot allow this I   can't stand it she calls Carrie for advice do I  have anything to worry about and it's genuinely   hard to watch because it's like yes girl you  should be worried and I am telling you right   now that Charlotte and her husband literally do  not discuss this once in the movie not even once   this movie is about never communicating with men  just kind of existing around them like a fine Mist   Charlotte weeps in the cupboard overwhelmed by  both the nanny situation and her two screaming   little children and then the nanny herself Aaron  saves her by swooping in to assume the workload   yay thank you booby Woman This Moment is sort of  nice Erin is a good woman big bouncing breasts   or not but Charlotte remains a kicked dog never  thinking of ripping her husband to shreds with   her bare teeth not even once Charlotte not even  just to try it Carrie talks to Samantha about   her problem which is my husband likes watching TV  you know the television and the ordering in it's   just getting a little too Mr and Mrs married and  it's funny seeing this directly after Charlotte's   moment of absolute weeping despair just watch  some TV like the rest of us carry just plop down   in front of the TV and watch a classic Simpson set  just watch dental plan Lisa needs braces okay it's   fine it's okay but maybe I'm being too cruel to  carry because in the next scene big actually does   behave like a weird petulant baby boss the two are  supposed to attend a movie premiere but Big's not   in the mood because Market values have dropped  today the market fell 100 points and now I have   to get dressed up and go to some Hollywood thing  a would a baby dropped his Market Val use he makes   the mistake of being wildly passive aggressive  about it and so Carrie makes him go after all   well if you want to spend time with me we'll stay  here at our home which you made so perfect this is   somewhat undermined by what she says in the next  scene together is this because I'm a bitch wife   who nags you but I'm getting ahead of myself in  a way Carrie is allowed by the movie to have the   most interesting problem being bored of her  husband of only one year by the way girl it   is not looking good and so it's not about the TV  it's about feeling that she's becoming dull and   listless and tired and sick to death of this bloke  nevertheless this TV moment feels so incredibly   stupid especially when Dr depose with what the  other ladies are experiencing come on girl you're   sounding weird the couple fight and Carrie decides  to spend a day or two at her old apartment which   they just they still have for some reason they  just they just have two apartments Samantha of   course has no problems she swerves some agism is  that maybe a little young and wears a youthful   dress to the red carpet where she bumps into Miley  Cyrus who is wearing the exact same thing in this   moment we think uh-oh disaster uh-oh embarrassing  but Miley is cool about it and everyone collaps   because female solidarity is real and true and the  real friends were the Miley Cyrus as we never met   along the way sometimes a girlfriend is a girl  you've never even met Samantha gets invited by   some guy to visit the United Arab Emirates because  that's just how she lives have you ever been to   the United Arab Emirates no and I could kick  myself and so our four women are dropped into   the news that they are about to go on an exotic  trip Hold On Tight please there will be turbulence   before that Sweet Escape though Caren must swallow  in one last sad scene with her sad husband it's   just going to be you and me every night for the  rest of our lives and I think that we are going   to have to work on the sparkle for the rest of  our lives do not think this couple like each   other very much okay Carrie real question now why  do you hate comfort and chilling why do you make   life so difficult for yourself why do you refuse  to dull the pain and instead only enhance it why   not lie on the goddamn couch Carrie big comes up  with the idea of only cohabiting some of the time   because he liked when Carrie went over to her old  apartment but Carrie finds US frightening marriage   doesn't work like that I thought we were supposed  to be making up our own rules it's interesting   to me that because car's words and ideas frame  everything we see in the Sex in the City Universe   her inner World tends to be more heavily explored  than the other ladies while Miranda Samantha and   Charlotte can be the uptight girl boss the sex  ha and the prissy romantic respectively are you   saying you're just going to give up on love  Carrie can take on these and any other kind   of traits to operate as a fully rounded freak in  this plotline Carrie is bored and annoyed in a   sort of aimless way that's quite annoying to watch  but that does speak to a real muddiness that can   come up in our relation ships your weird mean  behaviors can come from some kind of confusing   emotional space that might be extremely obvious  in retrospect but fully nonsense in the moment   I think that could be really interesting and cool  but the movie doesn't really do that much with it   car's being extra but the deeper issue is a bit  of personal existentialism who am I beyond this   glitzy character who am I as a wife now in some  way less a person and more a solid strange half   to a man what have I lost still it disappoints me  because because there are plenty of interesting   ways to explore how the individual identity  might be constructed and warped and shattered   and mangled through a big relationship with a  man or through the looming passing of time and   its effects on your status as a sexy cool icon but  the movie only offers a narrative Saran rep here   we're not really concerned with thinking about  much beyond the idea that sometimes women be   worrying anyway damn it sucks when my husband is  not horny dead the ladies are off to the UAE now   where Samantha is immediately punished by having  her HRT confiscated you got to be kidding me I am   sorry it is just a UAE law but they're all natural  they're made from yams ladies these are not frugs   you cannot take estrogen and Abu Dhabi nasty girl  so finally Begins the movie's problem for Samantha   experiencing the menopause let's go without those  creams and vitamins I will go ricocheting back   into menop Miranda's main thing while on the  trip is to become a brand new Abu Dhabi expert   hey what's the hold up we got a lot of Abu Dhabi  to do Abu Dhabi do she is the vector through which   we will experience information about the local  culture dates are the traditional welcome fruit   of the Middle East I read that in one of these I  am ready for your wisdom Miranda Read Wikipedia   pages about Abu Dhabi to me now men and women do  not Embrace in public in the Middle East she could   do anything now that she's job a few interesting  moments happen in our introduction to the concept   of being in the Middle East one om Jal says that  the rugby team have many many balls do they also   bring their balls yes they have many many balls  two the women worry that Samantha will be arrested   for being horny hopefully this doesn't happen  three Charlotte uses her maiden name York as   opposed to her married name golden blood because  she's worried about anti-Semitism um York what   happened to uh golden blood it's the Middle East  it's the new Middle East it's the Middle East we   don't come back to this but it is a funny line to  just include and four the women see and discuss   a fully covered woman there she is the robes are  called a bias and the veil that covers everything   except the eyes is a neam certainly Cuts back on  the botox bill so this place is exotic strange and   restrictive to them they are at once excited to  be here and Loosely concerned about how they might   get arrested or hate Crim women are different here  they wear these things women are required to dress   in in a way that does not attract sexual attention  it's fascinating and perhaps a bit scary but we   pay it no mind right now except for some jokes a  lift for every fry do not buy illegal fake watches   by the way men may approach you with black market  Mis watches if you engage them they will move you   into a room and try to sell you other items it  is illegal other than that you'll not have to   worry people here are very honest which character  will later fall victim to this dark trap place   your bets now speaking of jokes Carrie bumps  to her Sexy Ex Aiden at the market and there   in the middle of old Abu Dhabi was an old love  Aiden uh-oh this is the best Mirage that I've   ever had damn me when I see the woman who cheated  on me to get with her greasy husband I guess just   a blissful experience they Embrace and Carrie  absolutely has to indulge in a very funny joke   is this allowed here very good Carrie Aiden says  he has a meeting with some Abu Dhabi business BLS   they don't cotton to the ladies at the lunches  and car's like I knew I should have packed my   burqa. Damn she's really doing her tight five right  now and no one can keep her down. so Aiden invites   Carrie to go for dinner and we return to the other  women ogling men at the pool for a moment a brief   glimpse of Joy although this alarms Samantha  because she is for once not extremely aroused I   have a whole pool of testosterone from Down Under  And I'm not feeling anything down under since   they're at the pool they must now discuss the  bini Miranda I'm at the pool what am I supposed   to wear how about a bini yeah they have him at the  gift shop what if we wore that damn that would be   crazy and then we're treated to an Arabian kns  ass version of the sex and City theme [Music] shoot because the ladies are getting on camels  now camel camel camel camel camel camel camel   this on camels is where women are meant to be  unfortunately Charlotte is desperately trying   to get cell service to talk to her husband  and make sure he's not spraying women again   or worse can you hear me now Harry Miranda  I'm so she cannot truly enjoy the camels and   this is the powerful women's moral coming into  play here if you make your life too much about   your husband you will not be able to enjoy your  camel and that ain't right the next thing they   know after they're done with their camels  is that car's book all about marriage has   been slammed in the New Yorker until The Talented  Bradshaw is better able to grasp the complexities   of married life she would be better advised to  explore the vow of silence Miranda takes this   opportunity to vocalize a sort of thematic  link that the movie is interested in men in   the US pretend they're comfortable with strong  women but really A lot of them would prefer us   eating french fries behind our veils word Kong  there we have it fellas the movie's thesis about   women anyway forget that Carrie is going to cheat  on her husband now and Charlotte knows it why are   you having dinner with him honestly Charlotte  was always my favorite Woman as a kid precisely   because she's the only one who would say Carrie  you shouldn't cheat on your husband Carrie it's   wrong to do that Carrie I think you're playing  with fire Charlotte has some semblance of morals   and perhaps that's why she must be punished by  car's cruel retort here oh my God now I'm fing   with fire all right you've gone crazy seriously  you're you're crazy in Abu just because you're   worried about your marriage everyone's going  to cheat so this is too much she breaks down   for a while she's done and this scene makes  me so sad she's just genuinely devastated by   this exchange a Charlotte it's okay baby you  okay yeah just really really tired I'm going   to take a nap fortunately we get a really sweet  moment from Miranda here who takes Charlotte out   for a little drink and compels her to just let  it all out she talks about how guilty she feels   because her biggest concern and all of this was  losing her nanny when I heard Samantha say that   Harry was going to cheat on me with Aaron yeah my  first thought was I can't lose the nanny this is   probably the realest moment in the film just  two women pulling the pain out of that chest   I just feel like I'm failing all the time I'm not  failing being a mother is hard oh my God it is so   hard Miranda confesses as her emotional tribute  that she misses her job being a mother is not enough I miss my job of course you do Miranda go  get one Charlotte does a really cute laugh at the   end of this convo and I hope one day she finds  the strength to kill her stinky husband harrie   and Aiden are having their ill-advised dinner  together and Aiden starts talking about how   his wife is so jealous and cautious of Carrie you  know she always kind of kept one an eye on You The   One That Got Away um that's epic bro anyway they  make out and Carrie immediately starts freaking   out because you know it's bad to cheat and so  on she consults the ladies immediately and they   will debate whether she should tell big with the  reactions ranging from cheating is fine if it's   just a kiss a kiss is nothing to I don't know if  you should tell him because when I found out my   husband cheated it was extremely painful now that  I know it was only that one time yeah was the pain   worth it I don't know yeah I don't know to um I  don't know I'm drunk I don't know I'm a little   drunk ladies please be serious but Carrie despite  this advice calls up her husband and says um I'm   sorry sorry I cheated on you my ex-boyfriend  so sorry baby it didn't mean anything and it   lasted only a second girl you lie that's literally  Aiden it's big Aiden that's that's literally Aiden   that's literally Aiden big hangs up time the C CH  that's a that's that's it now that everything is   crumbling for our women except Miranda who just  wants to get a job again what could possibly be   happening to Samantha she gets arrested for what  you may ask kissing I've been arrested a little   kiss we did not have sex we were just kissing oh  Samantha you naughty woman because of this they   are effectively kicked out of their hotel and have  to rush to the airport to go back home however   idiot Carrie realizes she's lost her passport she  does know exactly where she left it though so they   all head to the market grab that passport nice  and easy and fuck off except that somebody gets   lured into a fake watch selling Zone did you guess  who it was it was Charlotte she needs a gift for   her undeserving big bald man and so the women  head into the counterfeit room where Samantha   due to intense off flashes brought on by her  lack of HRT pills gets so hot and bothered that   she takes the wrong bag the men for some reason  immediately assume this was intentional and they   chase after her ripping her bag from her hands  and causing a million condoms to fall out into   the street men around her booing and jering and  she starts screaming at them condoms condoms yes condoms the men are scandalize and a Benny  Hill Chase sequence follows but the women   run into a room of burer wearing women a  Lial space where men cease to exist these   women must feel a powerful kinship with the New  York for as they immediately reveal their faces   and dis robe to show that underneath their  burkers they are wearing big fashion outfits   return Yes yes the whole group bonds over this  fashion moment and also the land marks of New York and it turns out that the women also love  Samantha's Antics that was quite a show outside   terrible so disrespectful yes I quite enjoyed  it it's funny that for the New Yorkers to bond   with the Abu dhaban we must see that they are  in fact just like us it seems to counteract   Miranda's earlier expression of solidarity  and connection among women under different   circumstances and culture to have them actually  literally turn out to be the same reading the   same books wearing the same clothes it might  be trying to express a fundamental connection   between all women no matter their circumstances  but it falls flat somewhat by transforming these   women into simple imitations of Americans they're  like cartoons it's weird I was going to show you   a clip from the documentary Four Sisters which  I saw at Tiff last year really really good and   touching and weird film but it doesn't have any  kind of digital or physical release yet so I'll   just describe the scene instead I know that's  lower but but I don't have a choice there's no   way to show you the clip boo so the two sisters  who still live in Tunisia because they didn't   choose to join Islamic State talk about their  experience with modest dress and they describe   it in terms of relative and changing beliefs  about both liking work workers and finding them   restrictive one thing that interests me is that  from both perspectives there was an understanding   of rebellion because attitudes toward modest  were was somewhat politically volatile when   these girls were growing up so wearing the veil  and being more Pious could feel more rebellious   when the government pointed away from that and  then Vice Versa we also see the interplay between   the sisters as they describe how they loved making  fun of each other for their different approaches   to wearing these clothes and that's pretty funny  it's complex and interesting and vast and we see   both the fun they had and flirting with the edge  of the expectations placed on them and the fear   they had about being deviant about being seen as  disgusting distasteful hypersexual women it's a   moment where I felt really connected to them and  it's a lot more than we love wearing ugly tops   under our robes obviously no one expects good  good thoughtful introspection into the strange   relationship between rich white Americans and  Muslim women from Abu Dhabi from Sex in the City   too but all the same it's a striking depiction it  constructs these women as a strange version of our   normative gang and it's kind of fascinating why  do they love Suzanne sumers so much like what's up   but the Abu Dhabi women of sex and City to serve  another purpose how will our ladies get past the   mob of angry men who are apparently still lurking  and seething out side well baby it's time for the   most incredible idea ever dreamt of an idea that  has never before occurred to a white person can   you guess what it is that's right it's time for  a burka Escape oh clear this way inspired so the   women see that the other women are like them and  then they become them for the Japes of it all but   this daring burka Escape is not quite as inspired  as car's next move I have an idea hold this what   you doing I don't know This Woman's ideas are too  met she cannot be stopped her leg is out and her   brain is unfathomably large so thanks to Big Brain  Carrie they make it onto the Plane Carrie drops   another astonishing oneliner do you have anything  to declare yes I'm a mess and everyone goes home   Carrie gets home to an unthinkable husbandless  void nothing worse than that no big no TV make   Carrie something something big does show up though  to car's great belief and finally we get to hear   his response to car's philandering ways what  does he do he gives her a big ring damn girl   cheat more I guess get get those adultery Jewels  big is the only one of the husband characters who   has any reaction to a single event of the film and  that reaction is to respond to car's weird cringe   Behavior by laying on the charm and promising to  prioritize keeping that sparkle in their marriage   on one hand this is dull and unsatisfying I want  punishment and I want drama but on the other other   hand big has done enough nasty business in this  relationship over the course of Sex in the City   and its first movie that you know it's sort  of nice but I think the only conclusion I can   come to is that I want this couple sealed in a  perspect box and sent down to the Mariana Trench   just throw them down there I can't I can't can't  do this anymore we see that Miranda learned that   she should um have a good job and not a bad job  Miranda learned that at the right Law Firm where   her voice was valued she was also fun at work I  think she actually you know I think she knew that   from the beginning but okay samanth that has sex  in the in the beautiful land of the free and the   most egregious of the movie's conclusions comes  last Charlotte doesn't have to worry about her   husband's fully actualized perv Behavior because  guess what the nanny is gay and Charlotte learned   that she never really had anything to worry about  turns out her hot Nanny preferred the company of   other hot nanes we're not going to pack that  one don't worry about that and here's car's   py collusion at last here's what we learned about  relationships from the women of Abu Dhabi Carrie   has learned that her marriages like a veil as for  me I began to think of marriage much like the Real   Housewife of Abu Dhabi's veil. You have to take  the tradition and decorate it your way. Damn girl   maybe the New Yorker was right to roast you cuz  that is the most cringe thing I've ever heard um   that's Sex in the City two. there is a lot going  on I like the camel I hate everything else they   should have just cut it off at Liza they should  have cut it off there - we all would have been happy