‘So Delicious’: Cynthia Nixon Defends Woke ‘Sex And The City’ Sequel Script

The “Sex and the City” reboot was bound to be controversial. After close to two decades since the original series finale, the world is a completely different place. And let’s not discuss the disastrous full-length feature “Sex and the City” movies.

But “And Just Like That” is getting criticism for some intriguing reasons. Some viewers are saying it tries a little too hard to be woke, which winds up backfiring in execution. With the addition of a fast-talking, sexually explicit transgender podcast host and Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) being accused of having a white savior complex, it seems like the new “Sex and the City” is trying to cram every hot button social issue into the first two episodes.

In a recent interview with Elle UK, Nixon addressed the criticism and defended the series for its existence. The actress, who ran for governor of New York in 2018, said she only agreed to the project so she could “to go back and [undo] the things that we really got wrong,” in the original “Sex and the City.”

Besides calling the original cast “overwhelmingly white,” Nixon said, “We had gay characters [in “Sex and the City”], but a lot of the LGBT stuff in it was purely for comedic effect – and now rings harsh on the ear, I have to say.”

And the racial component is front and center in the script. Miranda was a high-powered, career-minded corporate attorney in the original series. “And Just Like That” reveals that Miranda has left her career and went back to school to become a human rights advocate.

That leads to the much-discussed scene when Miranda meets her teacher for the first time and delivers a cringe-inducing speech trying to paint herself as sufficiently progressive. Fans couldn’t figure out if the scene was intentionally embarrassing or accidentally awful. Nixon swears it’s the former option.

The actress called the overall script, “so delicious” and claimed Miranda’s blunder was meant to make a point.

“We know all of the original characters have their hearts in the right place, and that they’re trying to do their best, but they’re very often slipping on a banana peel and falling down,” Nixon told Elle. “And that’s the nature of comedy, right?”

Ultimately, Nixon says the focus of “And Just Like That” is on strong female friendships, and how those have changed over the years. She’s excited for where the story is headed.

“Like real-life friendships, at their root they’re still the same,” the actress said of the bond between Carrie, Charlotte, and Miranda. Samantha isn’t part of the reboot.

“I think we’re definitely older and a little bit wiser – I hope. We’ll see as the season goes on that when we’re having conflicts, they can still be big, passionate eruptions, but I think we heal from them quicker. We realize we’re in this together, we’re in this for the long haul, and that we treasure our friendships maybe even closer and more preciously than we originally did.”

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