The cast of And Just Like That… are responding to criticism from Meghan McCain that the show is too ‘woke’ and politically correct.
Speaking to Andy Cohen on his Sirius XM show Saturday, the Bravo host put McCain’s comments from her DailyMail.com column to the ladies of the rebooted Sex and the City series.
‘Meghan McCain came out with a column saying that the show was too PC, was trying to do too much at once,’ Andy said.
‘I disagree,’ Cynthia Nixon responded firmly, explaining that instead, it has been a necessary case of taking the characters ‘out of their comfort zone.’
‘I disagree’: Cynthia Nixon responds to complaints And Just Like That… is ‘too woke’ as she argues the Sex and the City characters needed ‘shaking up’
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‘The show became so beloved — reruns for all those years,’ adding: ‘I feel like people have watched it, and they know it so well, inside and out.’
Nixon, who plays Miranda Hobbes, 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.
Group chat: Speaking to Andy Cohen on his Sirius XM show on Saturday, he put the question to the ladies of the reimagined Sex and the City series
Her take: Cynthia – who plays Miranda Hobbes – said the changes in the new show has been a necessary case of taking the characters ‘out of their comfort zone’
Storylines: Cynthia’s character Miranda falls for Carrie’s non-binary podcast colleague, Che Diaz
‘And most importantly, shaking the characters up. We don’t want to see these characters… comfortable. We want to see them out of their comfort zones.’
McCain, in her DailyMail.com column from last December, wrote that the series had ‘died of wokeness’ which echoed similar responses from fans on social media.
‘It is wokeness superficially shoved down your throat to make a point about wealthy white liberal women ‘evolving’ into the political climate of 2021,’ McCain wrote.
Nicole Ari Parker, who plays LTW on the show, said: ‘Comments like that say more about the person saying them.’
Kristin Davis added: ‘I can’t think of another situation where someone has done that with a show.
Main star: Sarah Jessica Parker also took part in the discussion
Sarah Jessica Parker, who recently admitted to only having watched the first two episodes, also interjected into the conversation.
She said: ‘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 added: ‘I can’t think of another situation where someone has done that with a show.
‘People don’t know how to think about it… It gives so much possibility and we are living in a different time.’
The chapter of the show features a host of new and diverse characters, including Miranda’s non-binary love interest Che Diaz.
Controversy: In the show, Che forms a relationship with Miranda, that ends up being the catalyst for her split with longtime husband Steve (David Eigenberg)
Last week, HBO’s Chief Content Officer Casey Bloys told Deadline that the show’s fate is ultimately up to Sarah Jessica Parker and executive producer Michael Patrick King.
‘It’s really Michael Patrick King and Sarah Jessica [Parker] talking to figure out if there’s a story they’re excited by,’ Bloys said.
He continued, ‘I think there will be, but they’re talking and making sure they want to jump in.
‘It’s a big commitment, and they’ll come to us and let us know what they’re thinking but I’m feeling good about it.’
The series, which aired its season finale on February 3, followed original SATC leading ladies Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York-Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) as they navigate life in their 50s.