Sarah Jessica Parker has addressed the rabid response to And Just Like That, after the show bowed out with a final faecally-focused episode.
The HBO and Sky revival of the thirty-something cult classic Sex and the City was never short of its detractors and the naysayers stayed strong in their dislike right up until the final episoden.
Titled Party of One, the finale centred around Thanksgiving, as Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) debated whether she was prepared to live a single life after her relationship with Aidan (John Corbett) had broken down earlier in the season three run.
She attended a dinner hosted by Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), who was trying to curry favour with her son’s now-pregnant one night stand – and her group of Gen Z friends.
One of said friends ended up eating a platter of cheese, despite being lactose intolerant – as you do. She then did quite the number on Miranda’s toilet. (Yes, really, this was the plot of the series finale).
What followed was an overflowing toilet and Miranda on her hands and knees donning rubber gloves, questioning how her life had got here, as one might do when having to clean up the results of a stranger’s loose bowels.
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Naturally, viewers who still hold the fabulous, Cosmo-filled Sex and the City dear were not too impressed with where the show ended up in its return, with some taking to social media to brand the And Just Like That swansong ‘terrible’.
Sarah Jessica Parker, who also executive produced the series, has now addressed the haters and discussed why this was the moment to take the show off the air.
Speaking in a new interview with the New York Times, when asked about those who hate-watch the show, she said: ‘I don’t think I have the constitution to have spent a lot of time thinking about that. We always worked incredibly hard to tell stories that were interesting or real.’
Parker added: ‘I guess I don’t really care.’
‘And the reason I don’t care is because it has been so enormously successful, and the connections it has made with audiences have been very meaningful.’
As for the show ending, Parker said she ‘absolutely’ supported the creative decision to have Carrie solo at the close and on calling And Just Like That quits, she simply said this was where the story ended.
‘We could have gone on doing coffee shops. There’s a million ways to do it that are easy and familiar and fun, but feel exploitative to us,’ Parker explained.
‘We felt this was the honourable thing to do. It’s very easy to stay. It’s where we’re all happy. But you have to be principled when you make these very difficult, agonizing decisions because there’s a lot of people who are affected.’
And Just Like That is available on Sky and streaming service NOW.
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