Discuss,analyse and compare the characteristic themes and forms of ALLY McBEAL and SEX AND THE CITY.

Strong women in Ally McBeal ' and Sex and the City

2005 Strong Women in Ally McBeal ' and Sex and the City

Nowadays there are many shows which feature the lives of women in the modern world and different hardships they have to go through when trying to settle with those whom they love . This theme has become particularly popular in the recent years because the style of life of people has changed radically . If 50 years ago a very common theme for the movie was family life and adventures within it , sexual revolution

has changed the outlook of people very much . The values have changed a lot , and women started playing a completely new role in the society . Instead of being housewives who did not have a good profession and devoted most of the time to taking care of kids , a new generation of women was introduced into the society- beautiful , professional women who did not need men to support them financially . Even though the freedom which women obtained was enjoyed by them a lot , they still kept looking for their only one , a man whom to share their lives with

Both shows Ally McBeal ' and Sex and the City ' share the same theme . They both deal with fates of women who have great jobs which are supposed to make them content in life but who are looking for their happiness in private life and unfortunately do not manage to find it for the moment . The difference between the shows is that in Ally McBeal , the producers are trying to attract the lion 's share of attention to the character of Ally and show all of her ups and downs in life . Sex and the City ' goes even further in trying to depict the fate of a common woman- the producers put the objective to show the fates of 4 women in the show in to be able to capture every type of character which can be common for an image of a common woman . Ally McBeal is just 1 type of character while in Sex and the City ' there are whole 4 characters who represent the most common types of women nowadays . Carrie who is the major character in Sex and the City ' is a journalist who is very successful but who does not manage to get married to the man who she is crazy about- Mr .Big . Samantha is a PR manager for whom there is nothing better in life than sex , and this gives her a hard time to find one and only man to share the life with . Charlotte works in an art gallery . She is a dreamer who has many restrictions in her love life but who is still looking for her prince charming . Miranda is a lawyer . She is an iron lady who has feelings only when somebody manages to arouse them in her Ally McBeal is a successful lawyer who is still in love with Billy Thomas , the guy for whom she...