Sex and the Other City
The first rule of television seems to be: if something works once, do it again. Sarah Jessica Parker’s production company has reportedly optioned the novel Prospect Park West to turn into a TV show. The book, by former sex columnist Amy Sohn, who also wrote the companion book for HBO’s Sex and the City, chronicles…
The first rule of television seems to be: if something works once, do it again. Sarah Jessica Parker’s production company has reportedly optioned the novel Prospect Park West to turn into a TV show. The book, by former sex columnist Amy Sohn, who also wrote the companion book for HBO’s Sex and the City, chronicles the lives, urges, and dissatisfactions of four Park Slope mothers. Here’s how The Post summed it up this morning: “The book creates a scathing portrait of Park Slope’s mommy brigade — of which Sohn is a breast-feeding member — as a parade of unsatisfied thirty- and forty-something moms sizing up their plights relative to all the other stroller-pushers at the playground. Few are having sex — at least not with their spouses.” It’s definitely the Sex and the City formula, but who knows if it will take off? Gawker asks the more important question: will it ruin Park Slope? There is already a festoon of strollers; will Berkeley Place now be clogged with red double-decker buses?
Sarah Jessica Parker’s Sex & the Stroller Set Show [Gawker]
Treading on a Slippery Slope [NY Post]
Is Prospect Park West the New SATC? [BuzzSugar]
Haha Troy – Luckily Laia could pass for a normal name.
Cheatarrah is pretty cool too. She was probably my first crush ever.
I wanna name my kids something cool – like Optimus Prime or Liono
Posted by: dirty_hipster at August 13, 2009 2:44 PM
DH, Panthro is much cooler than Liono. I actually know a girl who named her daughter Laia after the Princess
Park Sloper – Hilarious.
Heather – Ditto.
DIBS – Keep your day job. 😉
Damn Park Sloper I’m not sure if you said if you ascribe to the PS mom aesthetic (i.e. the asexual i dont care look) but either way – I would love to get risque emails from you…..well done!
What? What? I’m light already! Hanes untwisted – just busy at work! (but stealing glances here when I can – funniest thread I can remember…)
Also, Heather, damn funny parody.
as far as i remember amy sohn has been trying to get a tv show made about her writing for over ten years. she had a small animated show on the oxygen network. actually i don’t remember if it actually aired or if it was just a pilot. it was mildly funny then, but not really worthy of a series, nor does this book (based on the except from gawker) seem worthy either…snore…next…
Park Sloper, I have tears! That was priceless! Thanks so much for making my day!
okie bodhi, well feel free to join any time after end of August. We have a smaller one happening next week Thursday in Fort Greene. Details will be in the OT next week.