Sex and the Shitty

I have been apprehensive of Sex and the City now running on a network where Samantha cannot say "fuck" and no breasts will be seen. Last night, however, after dying my hair the color of a shiny penny, I decided to give it a try. For most of the episode, the one where she first meets Big, I thought it was fine. Nice job, really. Then it got to the part where Carrie gets out of the limo and walks away, only to run back before it speeds away and ask Big if he had ever been in love. As soon as she said that, I thought oh no oh no oh no because I knew one of my favorite SATC moments was about to be ruined.

In the original, Big leans over with his sexy, slightly amused sideways smile and says, "Abso-fucking-lutely." It's a great moment. And last night, when he said, simply, absolutely, it did not deliver the same punch. It delivered, actually, no punch whatsoever. It did not make me want to jump in the back of that limo and let Chris Noth have his way with me. And that's a damn shame.