In this house, we love "Sex and the City," and we particularly love Stanford Blatch, and it's such a shame to see that the actor Willie Garson is now dead.
My husband's favorite SATC--and it's among my top five--is "The Real Me," from Season Four. In this one, Carrie is "dressed to the nines at Brasserie 8-and-a-Half....at the corner of Right Now and Everyone's Here."
Stanford complains that no attractive man will date him, and Carrie says, "Then gay men can't see what I see." Carrie tries to pair Stanford with Anthony--she says Stanford is "like Ed Harris"--and the match is disastrous.
Later, Carrie trips on a Dior runway, and Stanford worries that she is "fashion roadkill." But Carrie dusts herself off and keeps walking--and laughs at her own error. The world sings along to Cheryl Lynn's "Got to Be Real."
I can't believe Willie Garson was actually not gay, but I thank him for his contribution to the world of story-telling. Rest well.
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