Kind of strange news from the literary world: Sex and the City, the newspaper column turned long-running HBO series turned hugely popular chick flick, is being reworked yet again, this time as a young-adult novel. The prequel, which is being written by original columnist (and basis for the "Carrie" character) Candace Bushnell, will follow teenage Carrie as she makes her way through her high-school years.
Weird, huh? According to the New York Observer, the book won't be the great big sex-fest the TV show was, and may not even depict Carrie losing her virginity. (For the record, the paper points out, Carrie already described that event in the TV series as having involved her "sharing half a joint with one Seth Bateman
and then doing it with him on the Ping-Pong table in his smelly rec
room.”)
Instead, it'll be about a suburban-dwelling teenager who comes into New York City on weekends to hang out with her friends. "The kids will be doing what teenagers realistically do, but it’s not going to be provocative for the sake of that,” book editor Alessandra Balzer says.
Of course, this new book will inevitably lead to yet another TV series or movie -- but we don't necessarily see that as a bad thing. What with all the fighting and competition among high-school girls on such shows as Gossip Girl and 90210, it would be nice to see a series based around genuine female friendships. And if all the characters do is hang out at a cafe sipping virgin Cosmopolitans and discussing kissing techniques, it'll seem downright quaint.
Previously:
Straight From Video: Sex and the City Sequel?
