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AfterMeghan McCaincriticized the “wokeness” ofAnd Just Like That…, the cast is speaking out in defense of the series.
Show starsCynthia NixonandNicole Ari Parkerexpressed disagreement with McCain’s stance after the formerThe Viewcohost, 37, called out theSex and the Cityreboot in herDaily Mailcolumn in late December. McCainslammed the show’s"clumsy attempt to reformat … into the woke and puritanical times we are living in."
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McCain continued in her column, “Carrie now plays the part of the ‘cisgender woman’ on a podcast with younger co-hosts. One of them is – of course – queer and nonbinary. Because it’s so boring and un-evolved to be a straight white woman.
“I don’t know who to blame, the writers of the show or this particularly stupid and repressive time we are living in,” she wrote, adding, “now entire plotlines are dedicated to microaggressions.”
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Andy Coheninterviewed the cast on his Sirius XM show Saturday, where he asked Nixon to respond to McCain’s claimsAJLTis “too [politically correct].”
Nixon, 55, who reprises her role as Miranda Hobbes onAJLT, said, “I disagree. The show became so beloved — reruns for all those years,” adding later, “I feel like people have watched it, and they know it so well, inside and out.”
Nixon continued, “Because people know it so well, they have enshrined it in nostalgia. But this is a show that has always pushed every kind of boundary. I think that that’s what’s so magnificent about the new show — about how many different directions we’re going with that, and pushing boundaries and shaking people up.
“And most importantly, shaking the characters up,” Nixon added. “We don’t want to see these characters … comfortable. We want to see them out of their comfort zones.”
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Parker continued, “What’s too much? Maybe in your living room or when you step outside, it looks the same as inside, and you go to the grocery store and it’s the same. Maybe it is too much for you. For these characters in New York City, it’s not.”
Kristin Davis, who stars as Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, also spoke up, defendingAJLT’s unique reboot approach. She told Cohen “I can’t think of another situation where someone has done that with a show.”
She added, “People don’t know how to think about it … It gives so much possibility and we are living in a different time.”
And Just Like That…is currently streaming on HBO Max.
source: people.com
