TV Review: Lipstick Jungle

Mrs H is my gal pal, and during our e-mail convo this morning this is what she had to say.
"Lipstick jungle is evil. I sat through the first episode with my husband, and spent the whole time cussing. This show is telling women they can't have it all! What a farce. The storyline was weak, the acting was desperate at best, and the wardrobe was basic - however I also remember the first few episodes of SATC, and will struggle on and give this show a chance." - Mrs H.

It aired in the UK 2 nights ago on 'cable' [we don't call it cable in this country, we call it digital or if it's your provider SKY]. I myself, bought the 1st season on a whim for about $19.99 in one of my favourite stores on the planet 'Best Buy' and only grabbed it instead of Dirt starring Courtney Cox because it had the sticker on the front 'from the Author of Sex & The City'.
My eyes widened in glee as I now had another New York City fix of successful ladies, wearing the hell out of their clothes and enjoying all the relationship drama that was about to come their way.
I've had it on my shelf for months. I don't need to watch it to know that nothing can replace, Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte. And it never will. It really felt like I was having an extra marital affair by giving Lipstick Jungle the time of day when I was settling down to watch it.

I spent the first 15 minutes screwing my face up, expecting a 4th member of the girly gang to join them (and secretly hope she would be black), as much as I knew these were three white... OK 2.5 white women as one is part Asian, I've been used to 4 gal pals on screen for so long that three now looks like the loneliest number. I missed narration over the show, I missed Carrie in her mixed match ensembles and Samantha with her legs in the air. Raver's sex scene, if you could call it that was a little bit desperate. I never knew women could make so much noise from their pantyhose being ripped off, she looked like she was about ready to orgasm.

Mrs H in reference to can we as women have it all like men can...
"Yes we can! I'm not going to lie and say it's not hard, but compromise is key. Why should we have be like men in the boardroom, when being a woman is ball breaking enough. I hate the fact that having a womb is a seen as a handicap, when the ability to multi-task makes us effective operators in the bedroom, boardroom and the nursery. The thing is having it all is down to perception, do we want a man's perception of success or are we striving towards our own aspirations of what success is. Personally I don't 'want' it all, I'm going to have it all, after all I not only want to have my cake, but eat it too (these hips don't lie)." - Mrs H

All in all, the pilot was just that, a teaser and a taster. I will give the 5 hour long season 1 series a chance and try and rid my mind of the SATC girls. Just like Nico (Raver) cried home in the limo after cheating on her husband is how I pretty much felt watching this show. SATC is over and no matter how much I sleep around trying to fill that void with other fashionably female cast TV shows it will never be like it was with my first true love.