Meghan McCain Dragged After She Criticizes ‘And Just Like That’ For Being Too ‘Woke’ – Comic Sands

WARNING: spoiler alert for HBO's And Just Like That: A New Chapter of Sex and the City

While Sex and the City fans picked their jaws up from the floor and avoided Pelotons after watching that shocking series opener from And Just Like Thatthe next chapter of HBO Sex and the CityMeghan McCain was absolutely furious about the new direction her once favorite show had taken.

The conservative co-host of The View penned a column for The Daily Mail, in which she called the "misguided" reboot of SATC, "woke"a descriptor she brought up in various forms numerous times throughout her critique.

New u2066@DailyMailu2069 column:nnAnd Just Like That... Sex in the City died of wokenessnn(This made me VERY sad to write this)https://mol.im/a/10297831

The 37-year-old said she once enjoyed Sex and the City when HBO ran the show during her formative years matriculating at Columbia University in New York City

"The show was a true cultural phenomenon and for many reasons we should be forever grateful for the barriers that it broke regarding open conversations about women and sexuality," she wrote, before dragging And Just Like That.

McCain broke down parts of the continuation series where it failed her, including its "clumsy attempt to reformat the show into the woke and puritanical times we are living in."

As an example, she brought up how the central character of Carrie Bradshaw, played by Sarah Jessica Parker, "now plays the part of the 'cisgender woman' on a podcast with younger co-hosts," referring to a queer and nonbinary character played by Sara Ramirez, adding, "Because its so boring and un-evolved to be a straight white woman."

I dont know who to blame, the writers of the show or this particularly stupid and repressive time we are living in, McCain continued.

Another aspect of the show she was not on board with and called "cringy" was its anti-racist message, a plot point explored by Cynthia Nixon's character, Miranda Hobbes.

McCain said Miranda was now a "hopeless" character for her attempts at damage control after inadvertently making a comment about her Black college professor's hair.

"There is a way to execute important cultural messages without it feeling like it is being force-fed, and this show -- unfortunately -- really, really fails at that," McCain griped:

Because of this, the millennial claimed the show was not fun at all. Not even a little bit.

She also thought the fashion in the show came "across more like a costume-party than the fun frivolity of the original show," and said (SPOILER ALERT) Mr. Big's death after collapsing from a heart attack from an intense workout on a Peloton bike was "extremely depressing and confusing."

McCain admitted she was not a fan of reboots in general as some things are "really meant to be cultural moments in time and to stay there."

"We are living in one of the most repressive and anti-free speech moments in modern times," she continued.

"Wokeness kills everything," she declared in conclusion.

And just like that, Twitter begged to differ.

Plenty of users reminded her of what it truly means to be "woke."

Can you tell me what "wokeness" is? Or is this just another GOP code word that has no meaning, just used to confuse?

It seems like you are just looking for mindless entertainment rather than a meaningful story. I feel the new storylines are realistic and relatable. And the show was always lacking diversity and any attempts made to be diverse were poorly executed.

Iu2019ll debate you in this one.

Yes, SATC should be like Golden Girls, entirely un "woke". nnhttps://youtu.be/sgON0w-GivMu00a0pic.twitter.com/DyJsl6YQ4C

Hmmmm, sounds like these two episodes may have made you a little bit uncomfortable. I suggest you go back and rewatch the episodes and figure out what made you uncomfortable, stop making it a bad thing for people to be aware of others and how others may feel

You,write in your article, u201cwokeness kills everythingu201d. Wikipedia defines u201cwokeu201d as an awareness to racial prejudice & discrimination. I ask you, why is being u201cwokeu201d such a bad thing to you conservatives? WTH are you so afraid of?

Woke. Do you even know any Black people and what woke really means?

u201cWokeness kills everythingu201d ah, yes, letu2019s go back to being blissfully naive of the microaggressions (and blatant racism) that POC experience every single day of their lives so white people can watch TV in peace.

Sou2026 are you really mad that the show is bringing its characters to current times, ORu2026are you just mad that white men & women are finally understanding what it feels like to be aware of their skin color? To me, it feels like itu2019s the latter. nnBut yes, continue to call it u201cwokeu201d

WOKE: definition nTo stay alert to injustice in society, especially racism.nLesson Plan 101 - James Baldwinpic.twitter.com/Xp9LNx6BWi

It seems tone me, that the real issue is that the characters in a fictional world have shown far more growth and maturing than you have.

So basically because they addressed issues that deeply affects this countryu2014like racism, stereotyping, loss, adjustment, etc.u2014then itu2019s not fun? Just say you wanted a re-enactment of the problematic original.

So far, the first two episodes of And Just Like That have been released on HBO Max, with the third episode set to air on Thursday, December 16.

The series will have a total of 10 episodes, with new episodes being released every Thursday through February 2022.

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Meghan McCain Dragged After She Criticizes 'And Just Like That' For Being Too 'Woke' - Comic Sands