LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Former 'The View' host Meghan McCain may have left the talk show, but she is always ready with her opinions about pop culture and TV. For now the host has directed her attention to the TV series that is currently hogging our social feeds - 'And Just Like That'. McCain in her blistering attack on the show's second season called it a 'woke slop' that falls short of 'Sex and The City'.
McCain previously did not spare the first season of the show, and bashed the 'soulless' showrunners for 'ticking off a woke checklist' in the second season. You can find all of this in her opinion piece she wrote for the Daily Mail.
'Sex And The City reboot were fully aware of the howls of disappointment from superfans'
In her essay, McCain, who calls herself a superfan of the original show, writes, "And just like that… I can't watch another second of this lazy, woke slop, No doubt Sarah Jessica Parker and the producers of the schlocky 'Sex And The City' reboot were fully aware of the howls of disappointment from superfans, like me, who hated what they did to a cherished franchise in season one."
McCain claims the reboot lacks "sharp dialogue, compelling characters and plots broaching taboo topics." She added "The knock-off lacked everything that made the original series great."
After witnessing all of the key characters being caught up in the "throes of passions" in the season's opening scene, McCain — who has two kids with her husband Ben Domenech — further lambasted 'And Just Like That'.
As the camera pans to best friends Charlotte York-Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), Lisa Todd Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker), and Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury) having sex with their respective partners in various NSFW scenes, Parker's Carrie Bradshaw (played by Parker) engages in an intimate moment with her podcast producer Franklyn (Ivan Hernandez).
She penned, referring to Sara Ramirez's non-binary character, "Of course, Che and Miranda can't have normal sex. It's got to be super kinky." She added, "It would be nice if the producers let actor Sara Ramirez explore Che's character and explain why Miranda moved across the country, leaving her husband, Steve [David Eigenberg], and son, Brady [Niall Cunningham]. But no, it's all leather and studs for you two."
'It's just cheap. It's insulting'
McCain went on to ask," "Why so graphic? In the post-Girls/Euphoria/The Idol era, this doesn't come off as pioneering. It's just cheap. It's insulting. Is Che and Miranda's relationship solely only defined by sex? It's an ugly stereotype. This season, just like the last, feels like a soulless exercise in ticking off a woke checklist".
McCain's critique has not been addressed by the cast or the show's writers, but the actors have been outspoken about how single women of a particular age are portrayed on television.
