HE didn't make her sacrifice her career... but he wasn't exactly accommodating of it either.
True. And I guess what frustrated me was that her friends acted like he had forced her into doing all this stuff when it was she that chose it. And Carrie did accommodate -- she didn't have to -- re the kids, re the moving to Paris, and re the quitting her job.
In the end, I found Carrie way to passive and unwilling to take responsibility for her own actions. Instead, it was Petrovsky's fault that she moved to Paris and was unhappy. And, by having Big come and "rescue" her, it made her look even more ineffective -- she couldn't even leave a bad situation of her own making without someone doing it for her.
I wanted Carrie to choose for *her* and do well with her choices. Instead, the message I got was that Carrie needed other people to take care of her, and, a support system is one thing but a grown woman, imo, shouldn't need friends and a man to basically act as her parents.
I wish I could have an Aleks (however the hell you spell his name) -- in the end, you're correct -- he wasn't the right guy for Carrie.
And I can't think about the slap without getting furious. Furious. Absolutely furious. Carrie can't just leave him because they're not getting along -- he has to "hit" her. Gah.
I may have to see Turning Point. I *love* Barishnikov.
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Date: 2005-05-19 08:23 pm (UTC)True. And I guess what frustrated me was that her friends acted like he had forced her into doing all this stuff when it was she that chose it. And Carrie did accommodate -- she didn't have to -- re the kids, re the moving to Paris, and re the quitting her job.
In the end, I found Carrie way to passive and unwilling to take responsibility for her own actions. Instead, it was Petrovsky's fault that she moved to Paris and was unhappy. And, by having Big come and "rescue" her, it made her look even more ineffective -- she couldn't even leave a bad situation of her own making without someone doing it for her.
I wanted Carrie to choose for *her* and do well with her choices. Instead, the message I got was that Carrie needed other people to take care of her, and, a support system is one thing but a grown woman, imo, shouldn't need friends and a man to basically act as her parents.
I wish I could have an Aleks (however the hell you spell his name) -- in the end, you're correct -- he wasn't the right guy for Carrie.
And I can't think about the slap without getting furious. Furious. Absolutely furious. Carrie can't just leave him because they're not getting along -- he has to "hit" her. Gah.
I may have to see Turning Point. I *love* Barishnikov.