Post: #1

IntlSwag -- does this cable series accurately portray high-end sistas in the ATL???

Y'all can watch the premiere -- full episode -- ('Cry Me a River') of the series by following the link:

http://wywcm.com/video-vh1s-single-ladie...e-a-river/

Post: #2

I've actually seen each episode of this series so far online(find them all here). I've seen it for the same reason I also observed shows like Sex and the City and Gossip Girl-they're targeted at and designed to appeal to certain demographics of women(in this case, professional black women 30+) and can thus be useful tools with which to learn about their mindset.

-The show is quite poorly written and is quite clearly just a "fantasy" show for women to escape into.

-You'll see very attractive, successful and extravagantly rich men with options strung out on 40+ video vixens well past their prime while saying things like "there is just something about you", turning down younger and prettier girls for the irresistible pull of the single, aging black cougar. Said former vixen (I'm not talking about Stacey Dash) is also lazy and has some of the most stereotypically hoarse/confrontational attitudes I've seen in a black female character on TV.

-You'll see women dump men stating a preference not to go down on them, or other simplistic reasons. They almost always break up in a very dramatic fashion, as if the scenes were designed solely to elicit "you go girl!" reactions from women as opposed to reflecting reality. Then again, this is unsurprising.

-You'll see affluent, good looking men behaving like puppy dogs around these women, getting rejected and then asking questions like "Well, do you ever think that you'll get there and we could be together?"
Meanwhile, they settle for kisses on the cheek and do all of the girls' errands in typical chump fashion.

-The acting isn't very good.

-You'll see a constant stream of rich, tall men who line up in a veritable parade to pursue these(largely past their prime) women, and are frequently and casually blown off by them. We all know that in real life, such men are in very short supply(especially for older women like these), but in this show they just rain from the sky and cannot resist the pull of these cougars.

Bottomline: I don't have any experience with Atlanta women so I'll let IntlSwag make the conclusions. That being said, this show does seem to confirm many of the stereotypes put out there about black female audience it targets (as do most black shows on TV these days, it seems).

The black women in this show have impossibly high standards, are extremely hypergamous, and generally difficult to date, consistently emasculating the men they come across, men who are never really portrayed very well.

It is Sex and the City for black women, though not as well written or acted and with far more 1-dimensional characters.

Post: #3

AM,

Your analysis of the series is on point. But, I'm wondering -- since I have no experience with ATL sistas -- if this series accurately (or semi-accurately) portrays sistas there???

What I mean -- since the ATL is majority Afr-Am -- could sistas get away with the shit that they get away with on the series in real life???

Post: #4

Athlone McGinnis, you totally read my mind....

Post: #5

Chicks here in ATL just like everywhere else....cause they are from everywhere. It is just a spinoff of Sex in the city kinda. But you cant really get the feel for ATL from watchin that. They everyday game here is actually waayyyy better than what they can put on tv for an hour. Just like Sex in the City was a shallow description. I lived between ATL and Harlem for a minute and can tell you that both shows only show one tiny sample of the population..add a lil fantasy to boot. But if u were to roll thru for a weekend...u would see that from hood chics to the "celebs", ATL got em. Just like anywhere else...well maybe more so...the girl to guy ratio favors dudes drastically...dont quote me but its like 10/1 or somethin like that. But u gotta have some game man.....

Post: #6

The acting in that show is poor and just plain embarrassing to be honest especially Lisa Raye's.

Post: #7

(07-06-2011 03:41 PM)SLIMMACKEY Wrote:  Chicks here in ATL just like everywhere else....cause they are from everywhere. It is just a spinoff of Sex in the city kinda. But you cant really get the feel for ATL from watchin that. They everyday game here is actually waayyyy better than what they can put on tv for an hour. Just like Sex in the City was a shallow description. I lived between ATL and Harlem for a minute and can tell you that both shows only show one tiny sample of the population..add a lil fantasy to boot. But if u were to roll thru for a weekend...u would see that from hood chics to the "celebs", ATL got em. Just like anywhere else...well maybe more so...the girl to guy ratio favors dudes drastically...dont quote me but its like 10/1 or somethin like that. But u gotta have some game man.....

Didn't know that. But, 10/1 girl/guy ratio seems way too high for any US city.

Post: #8

I'd have to agree with that perceived 10:1 ratio in ATL, and that's not even taking into consideration the huge gay community that leaves women with slim pickins for cream of the crop men in ATL. I like ATL, and the ATL sistas love me back!! too bad I can't get there as often as I'd like to. I don't think women in ATL ever gave me shit tests when I asked them to come back to my hotel room. They seem pretty cool and casual about hooking up.

Mixx

Post: #9

(07-06-2011 04:33 PM)MiXX Wrote:  I'd have to agree with that perceived 10:1 ratio in ATL, and that's not even taking into consideration the huge gay community that leaves women with slim pickins for cream of the crop men in ATL. I like ATL, and the ATL sistas love me back!! too bad I can't get there as often as I'd like to. I don't think women in ATL ever gave me shit tests when I asked them to come back to my hotel room. They seem pretty cool and casual about hooking up.

Mixx

DITTO....I was trying to be conservative but when u add in the gay cats the number of available asses for str8t men rises significantly. Just like anywhere else. NY, MIA, San Fran...ect. Its so funny cause dudes be like nah, that cant be right until they get here and see for themselves...its lovely...especially when the weather is good.

Post: #10

only thing to watch is the men in these type shows always have impeccable body language. study closely

Post: #11

Man that show is horrible and definitely not representative of ATL women at all...even the high end...That shit is written by white guys and white women for a white audience. It also doesn't help the two lead black women are 40 something gilf's....Lisa Raye aka Diamond ain't seen the pole in a while...

Post: #12

(07-07-2011 03:55 PM)Caramel Communist Wrote:  That shit is written by white guys and white women for a white audience doesn't help the two lead black women are 40 something gilf's....Lisa Raye aka Diamond ain't seen the pole in a while...

Wrong. A sista created the series and writes many of the episodes. She's also the showrunner. The series is targeted at Afr-Am women.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_A._Littlejohn

Post: #13

(07-07-2011 04:24 PM)Global Baller Wrote:  

(07-07-2011 03:55 PM)Caramel Communist Wrote:  That shit is written by white guys and white women for a white audience doesn't help the two lead black women are 40 something gilf's....Lisa Raye aka Diamond ain't seen the pole in a while...

Wrong. A sista created the series and writes many of the episodes. She's also the showrunner. The series is targeted at Afr-Am women.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy_A._Littlejohn

Oh, it's written by a sista stuck on fantasy island...no wonder. I would love to have that machine from inception and go deep inside her dreams. and understand her..shit is the most materialistic - fantasy bullshit I've ever seen...diamond party's? bentley's at the front door of your job? well to do brotha's stalking white girls who cheated on them? gtfoh!!

Post: #14

GyI haven't watched the show just yet but I can imagine if its anything like the rhwoa then many sistas here would be trying to copy the lifestyle just like white girls all over the world copy the mannerisms and of sex and the city or any other fictional show. And yes you have a certain percentage of women in ATL that do aspire to the women of those shows but those are the type that I bang quickly and on to the next one...plenty of other nice upscale women to choose from here that aren't on that Black Hollywood ish but you have to dig a little deeper and avoid the type of parties and venues that cater to that demographic here...easy to do if you know where to go and read my Atlanta Thread that I posted to the forum a few months ago.

Post: #15

(07-07-2011 04:51 PM)InternationalSwagger Wrote:  GyI haven't watched the show just yet but I can imagine if its anything like the rhwoa then many sistas here would be trying to copy the lifestyle just like white girls all over the world copy the mannerisms and of sex and the city or any other fictional show. And yes you have a certain percentage of women in ATL that do aspire to the women of those shows but those are the type that I bang quickly and on to the next one...plenty of other nice upscale women to choose from here that aren't on that Black Hollywood ish but you have to dig a little deeper and avoid the type of parties and venues that cater to that demographic here...easy to do if you know where to go and read my Atlanta Thread that I posted to the forum a few months ago.

Right...Its crazy how sum people be believin that those shows depict whats real...I lived in NYC and Carrie Bradshaw is every NYC/NJ girls dream...but not their reality....lol. Swagg, u in ATL? Me too...well between Harlem and ATL. At least for the minute....those types of chiscks I call the old Visions crowd...what u think??

Post: #16

(07-07-2011 05:15 PM)SLIMMACKEY Wrote:  I lived in NYC and Carrie Bradshaw is every NYC/NJ girls dream...but not their reality....lol.

Sarah has come a long way since Footloose boy....

Mixx

Post: #17

(07-07-2011 09:10 PM)MiXX Wrote:  

(07-07-2011 05:15 PM)SLIMMACKEY Wrote:  I lived in NYC and Carrie Bradshaw is every NYC/NJ girls dream...but not their reality....lol.

Sarah has come a long way since Footloose boy....

Mixx

LOL...FO SHO