But forget the great one-liners and you've still got a show that consistently raps the upper registers of the raunch radar, if only because of the peculiar predicaments it presents. Take, for instance, anal sex. As the show's creators seem well aware, cross-dressing and blowup dolls are pass , too 20th century. In the same way 'Seinfeld' tapped into the self-centeredness of people, 'Sex and the City' taps into certain things women care about and focus on. And I hear people talking about it constantly.
People stay home to watch, or tape it and pass around tapes.
I think for better or worse we're coming out of an era when people were really worried and scared of sex. And the show is a positive force in terms of opening up certain subjects and making them easier to talk about. I mean, I can't imagine that we're going to see any fisting on the show. But, hey, maybe I missed that episode. Mel Gibson's been flashing his forever.