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Not realistic (carrie's job)

posted 4 years ago by grhqofb5 (358)
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From the three or four episodes I saw, the main character seems to be some sort of a writer or author. However, she is not particularly articulate or driven to perfect her craft, and appears to be of average intelligence. For me this was a big problem, as living in New York is highly expensive and would require someone to work a normal job, at least 20 hours a week or something. However, Carrie does not seem to have the type of ambition that would support the lifestyle that she lives, nor does she have the type of support structure around her that would allow her to live the way the show wants her to. It would have been better if the show had been set in Michigan, or some other more industrialized type community where someone like her could potentially thrive.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 4 years ago

Carrie is allegedly a newspaper columnist. I was a newspaper columnist, for a major daily paper. The woman in this series in no way has the tools to keep the job. Even more important, she does not have the skills to have gotten the job. Her “observations” are mundane: “what oft was thought, and so commonly expressed.” She has the emotional depth of a puddle of piss on a convex rock. She’s entirely impressed with herself, which leaves whatever readers she has unimpressed. She’s a false note as a columnist, the brass ring for a newspaper journalist.

[–] Otter (24464) 4 years ago

Not to mention, every writer I ever heard of writes as many things as they can, for whoever will publish them, both to earn a living and to build a reputation in a fiercely competitive field.

Even the show's fans agree that her lifestyle isn't realistic, but neither are her work habits. I mean she spends all day buzzing around, shopping and seeing friends and meeting guys and traveling and occasionally sitting down to write a little something... those are the work habits of a mommy blogger, not a professional writer.