Comments on: Web Series Remix “Sex and the City” http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/ Essays and News on Web Series, TV, Film Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:05:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fan Production as Industrial Response in ‘Transformative Works & Cultures’ | Televisual http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-456000 Fan Production as Industrial Response in ‘Transformative Works & Cultures’ | Televisual Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:08:35 +0000 http://blog.ajchristian.org/?p=1924#comment-456000 [...] was fascinated the producers’ efforts to pose an alternative to Sex and the City and its many copycats by integrating chick-lit/rom-com storytelling with a sensitivity to race, gender and [...] [...] was fascinated the producers’ efforts to pose an alternative to Sex and the City and its many copycats by integrating chick-lit/rom-com storytelling with a sensitivity to race, gender and [...]

]]> By: Getting Together: LGBT Web Series Festival in New York /  TELEVISUAL http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-2836 Getting Together: LGBT Web Series Festival in New York /  TELEVISUAL Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:38:30 +0000 http://blog.ajchristian.org/?p=1924#comment-2836 [...] are quite hilarious and smart; The Real Girl’s Guide to Everything Else is a fresh take on the Sex and the City formula. It’s a great line-up and I’m glad to see a number of series I’ve been fortunate [...] [...] are quite hilarious and smart; The Real Girl’s Guide to Everything Else is a fresh take on the Sex and the City formula. It’s a great line-up and I’m glad to see a number of series I’ve been fortunate [...]

]]> By: Aymar Jean Christian http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Aymar Jean Christian Sun, 09 May 2010 17:02:29 +0000 http://blog.ajchristian.org/?p=1924#comment-1512 Thanks for commenting! A student of mine turned me on to the Queer Carrie Project a few weeks after writing this article. Very creative! Thanks for commenting! A student of mine turned me on to the Queer Carrie Project a few weeks after writing this article. Very creative!

]]> By: Elisa http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Elisa Sun, 09 May 2010 16:09:55 +0000 http://blog.ajchristian.org/?p=1924#comment-1509 I queered the existing Sex and the City narrative, removing the men from the storyline to focus on a more radical, gay-positive subtext. The issue of white, owning-class women remains. Thanks for this article + pointing out the intersection of spin-off and stereotype. http://www.youtube.com/elisakreisinger http://elisakreisinger.wordpress.com/projects/queercarrieproject/ I queered the existing Sex and the City narrative, removing the men from the storyline to focus on a more radical, gay-positive subtext. The issue of white, owning-class women remains. Thanks for this article + pointing out the intersection of spin-off and stereotype.

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]]> By: Aymar Jean Christian http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Aymar Jean Christian Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:19:05 +0000 http://blog.ajchristian.org/?p=1924#comment-432 <em>In the Moment</em> is a web series. The characters represent a variety of races and ethnicities. In the Moment is a web series. The characters represent a variety of races and ethnicities.

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]]> By: Making Web Shows: “Real Girls” Are More Diverse, Less Frivolous « Televisual http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Making Web Shows: “Real Girls” Are More Diverse, Less Frivolous « Televisual Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:46:23 +0000 http://blog.ajchristian.org/?p=1924#comment-430 [...] week, I wrote about how influential Sex and the City had been to various web series creators. Along those lines, I asked the creative team behind a new series about women, The Real [...] [...] week, I wrote about how influential Sex and the City had been to various web series creators. Along those lines, I asked the creative team behind a new series about women, The Real [...]

]]> By: Aymar Jean Christian http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Aymar Jean Christian Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:22:01 +0000 http://blog.ajchristian.org/?p=1924#comment-429 Great points, I agree about some shows aping the more standard form of the show, though I would say that's what many riffs off shows do. SATC was familiar (four simple characters, talking about sex) but every success adds a twist. In this case, it was HBO-like frankness and heightened glamour. The web series are trying to add more twists, obviously some are more successful than others. Whether the series are actually creative is entirely dependent on personal taste and the show your talking about. Thanks for your thoughts! Great points, I agree about some shows aping the more standard form of the show, though I would say that’s what many riffs off shows do.

SATC was familiar (four simple characters, talking about sex) but every success adds a twist. In this case, it was HBO-like frankness and heightened glamour. The web series are trying to add more twists, obviously some are more successful than others. Whether the series are actually creative is entirely dependent on personal taste and the show your talking about.

Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> By: Erle http://blog.ajchristian.org/2010/02/17/the-web-series-remix-sex-and-the-city/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Erle Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:16:28 +0000 http://blog.ajchristian.org/?p=1924#comment-428 you know this is a very interesting post. Because it is obvious but still perplexing. The format of SATC was pretty cliche from a creator's point of view - four characters who were more or less 2D archetypes, on the nose casting, centered around the most accessible (exploitable?) subject - sex. Is this brilliant entertainment or mundane entertainment? I can't really tell. I wasn't really into it beyond the first few episodes. somehow my memory of the first episodes were that they were exploring something and being funny at the same time. But that seem to fade into more of a standard (though hyper-escapist) sitcom mode. But I do think you're right - each "remix" seems to be both homage and critique of the original show. That's interesting. But I think these are more like puffy remixes - they're aping the more standard form the show took on later. I guess that's understandable, but a little disappointing. you know this is a very interesting post. Because it is obvious but still perplexing. The format of SATC was pretty cliche from a creator’s point of view – four characters who were more or less 2D archetypes, on the nose casting, centered around the most accessible (exploitable?) subject – sex. Is this brilliant entertainment or mundane entertainment? I can’t really tell.

I wasn’t really into it beyond the first few episodes. somehow my memory of the first episodes were that they were exploring something and being funny at the same time. But that seem to fade into more of a standard (though hyper-escapist) sitcom mode.

But I do think you’re right – each “remix” seems to be both homage and critique of the original show. That’s interesting.

But I think these are more like puffy remixes – they’re aping the more standard form the show took on later. I guess that’s understandable, but a little disappointing.

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