The article quotes "Lisa" (not her real name -- wait! Does that irritate you as much as it does me? "Not her real name?" If you were choosing a pseudonym while spilling your guts about being promiscuous, wouldn't you choose something more raunchy and appropriate than "Lisa?" There are 8 million Lisas in the universe, and they're all probably quite pissed at me right now. Why didn't "not Lisa" choose a name like "Monique LeCooch?" If it were me, it would read "Secretariat, not his real name, claims Alfie turned him into a man-whore," or something like that. But I digress. The article quotes "Lisa") saying that she started smoking because Carrie smoked, and that she started giving up the pudenda because Kim Cattrall was tossing it around to every Tom's Dick -- and Harry's, too. This is pure malarkey. Watching Good Times didn't make me move into Cabrini Green, so why would I buy that any show or movie can make someone do something they didn't want to do already?

My brain doesn't buy it, but I'm getting a different message of hope from due South. If Sex and the City the TV show loosened women's morals, then the movie, projected in IMAX, should be like a 6-gallon overdose of Spanish Fly. New Line executives seem concerned about the movie's grosses, since its niche market is women and gay men, but "Lisa" has given them the greatest ad blurb for getting the action-oriented straight man crowd into the theater without being dragged by their girlfriends. Hell, they'll go alone if they think women will be jumping on their faces like Alien after the movie. Where the hell is the marketing department at Time Warner? It sounds like SATC will work better than Axe Body Spray.

The article notes "[t]o be clear: Sex and the City can't be blamed for creating a generation of sluts." I'm still bringing protection to the Regal Cinemas. And by protection, I mean a large bottle of Colt 45.