Is Charlotte a secret Super PAC fundraiser? Would Samantha sleep with Donald Trump?
Less than two weeks before election day, these are the important questions that tens of thousands of voters need answered.
For a show that was so centered around the complexities of sexual politics among the modern metropolitan classes, HBO’s Sex and the City steered clear of party lines during its influential six-season run in the 1990s. Sure, there was an episode about abortion here and there, and Carrie briefly dated a local politician played by John Slattery, but, by and large (or Big), the Sex and the City girls didn’t dish about political donations or important referendums over their cosmopolitans. This stands in stark contrast to the sequel series, And Just Like That…, which has desperately attempted to wedge itself into national conversations about social issues with all the poise and grace of Steve trying to roll his Rs.
With the general election just days away, the avid online Sex and the City fandom has bizarrely decided to debate the national issues that will decide the future of our democracy through the lens of each character’s perceived personal politics, and the conversations are already as heated as any CNN town hall: