This free downloadable analysis serves the purpose to make the success of “Sex and the City” understandable. It is based on my experiences as an editor for TV and on my research on emotional impact, comedy, sitcom and plot dramaturgy.
Speaking
from an editor’s, writer’s and researcher’s point of view, this
analysis will enable you to understand the success and to draw
conclusions for forthcoming sitcoms successes.
The HBO-sitcom / dramedy "Sex and the City" has been a huge success. What made this series such a world-wide success?
The answer is simple and it is one that you get when people ask you how to create a modern-day sitcom: They mixed new concepts innovatively and added new components, while – at the same time – remodeling outdated genre conventions.
In “Sex and the City” we find:
modern, emancipated women, manifold innovations of the genre by
using voice-over, losing the canned laughter and studio audiences,
creating stories which span for several episodes and seasons, and the
creation of a “history” for the characters which adds depth them, a new
and innovative sitcom premise: “women and sex” and a smart combination
of girlfriends who act as a replacement for “family”.
Download the analysis as a pdf file.
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