In Chaper 17 (...Except Sex) of "How To Read Literature Like a Professor" we learn that if there's graphic details about sex in literature it most likely doesn't have anything to do with sex. Lets talk about SJP (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her all her sexual endeavors. We all know she starred in the famous television show "Sex and the City." Although, the name of the show had sex in it and it was practically ALL about sex...it wasn't. Carrie Bradshaw was known as the heart or her friend group made up of four single women (at least that's how it started out) in the midst of their prime years in New York City. These women are known as Samantha Jones, Charlotte York, and Miranda Hobbes and all have very different personalities. Samantha is the sex crazed, non-emotional girl of the group. Miranda is the sophisticated hard-working one while Charlotte is known as the timid and delicate flower. The four meet up weekly and talk about their sexual and emotional relationships, well they mostly consult Carrie mainly, because she writes a sex column. Are you seeing how much sex is involved? The four women openly talk about their sexual encounters and in much detail meaning; it's not about sex. Samantha who is mostly about sex finds herself jealous of the emotional relationships her friends Miranda and Charlotte have. In the end, both have children and a husband and Samantha wants it all. Same with Carrie, she has this one guy she keeps going back to, Mr. Big. It all starts with Carrie and Big having an affair but soon Big and his wife divorced and it's all up to the two of them to decide if their relationship is going to survive. Their relationship goes back and forth and at times they find themselves just focusing on the sexual part and releasing their emotional side. Nonetheless, it didn't work out that way. They yearn for the emotional side to complete the rest of their relationship. Basically, even though the show is called SEX and the City and Carrie writes a SEX column, it teaches the four women that sex is not all they need. The sex serves as a symbol for you to realize the rest of the necessities you need in your life.
Sarah Jessica stars in another movie about men called Failure to Launch. Her career involves getting men to get the heck out of their parents house (by the way these men are in their thirties). So, in order to do that she poses as a love interest and guides them through a whole process. Eventually, they all move out and get their own girlfriends or wives. This all changes when 35-year-olds Tripps parents call Paula (SJP). Paula has one rule; she NEVER sleeps with the client. Tripp is a special case and is actually quite different from the loser looking guys she usually has a job with. Tripp is cute and has a nice job he just lives in his parents house. Tripp soon finds out the truth of Paula's job and take matter into his own hands. He only invites girls over when he wants to break up with them; they find out that he lives with his parents and they run for the hills. When Paula is invited to the house, Tripp's parents warn her of his agenda and she has to do something drastic to get things back on track. I think you know whats coming next...yup they have sex. After more ups and downs in the movie Paula and Tripp come to the realization that they really do love each other. Again, the sex just made them realize that they want a real relationship; that they really do like the emotional side of the partnership.
Basically, this blog contains the word sex way too many times and sex doesn't exactly mean sex, it serves a bigger purpose.
