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Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell, Updated Edition (edition 2004)

by Amy Sohn

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Television's sauciest and sexiest program is nothing less than a national phenomenon. Now, after four wildly successful and critically acclaimed seasons, the show's winning formula of sex, glamour, humor, and candor is available in a one-of-a-kind, elegant, and uniquely entertaining hardcover book.Sex and The City: Kiss and Tellis the ultimate fan bible, offering a comprehensive behind the scenes guide to NYC and its most fabulous foursome -- the friends and boyfriends, the bar rooms and bedrooms, the infatuations and fashions. Packed with information and photos not available anywhere else, it will fascinate and delight its readers with wholly original material from the show's stars, producers, writers, costume designers, and more.It includes all-access passes to the sets, production offices, and wardrobe closets at the Silvercup studios; an insider's tour of the sets; and a detailed map of the bistros and boutiques where Carrie and friends sip, shop, and seduce. Each of the show's major players are interviewed, offering revealing, intimate biographies and sharing the true life stories that inspire every episode. An elegant, beautiful edition with an exclusive introduction from Sarah Jessica Parker herself, this book is every bit as intoxicating as the pink Cosmopolitans sipped by Carrie and friends at Manhattan's chichest hot spots.… (more)
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Title:Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell, Updated Edition
Authors:Amy Sohn
Info:Pocket (2004), Paperback, 184 pages
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If you love Sex and the City the show,you will love this book. It is a fabulous memento of the entire 6 seasons of the show. Great coffee table book!
The book is a photo journal as well as a complete history of the show.Photos and descriptions of the ladies apartments,wardrobes,jewelry,the men,settings etc.Interviews with the actors and complete story of how each character was planned out from apartments to clothing! There is even a quiz to test your knowledge.Love it! ( )
  LauGal | Aug 16, 2016 |
"Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell" the official companion book, celebrates the show with behind-the-scenes stories on all six seasons and original interview with each of the primary actors. Packed with over 750 full-color photographs, complete with an introduction by Sarah Jessica Parker, it will excite anyone who has experienced even the slightest flirtation with the sexiest, funniest show on television.

The book contains interviews with the main characters; the four actresses, their leading men as well as Stanford, Anthony and Bunny among others. The interviews with the main/recurring characters (male and female) are good, although if the women could get bios, why couldn't the men? I'm sure SATC fans are also interested in that.

There is a double page spread of the guys (and the few women) who were romantic prospects for each of the leading ladies, so I guess that one's a bonus of sorts.

Reason to snap up this book? There are lots and lots of photos of outfits worn by the four ladies. This is your chance to check out the fashion details! Plus main members of the production team also get their say, and there are several action shots of the production process. Sohn covers all aspects of the show by including sections about the writers, production, post-production, making the sets, etc.

I love the character quotes:
"I'm missing the bride gene. I should be put in a test tube and studied." ~ Carrie Bradshaw

"I've been dating since I was fifteen. I'm exhausted. Where is he?" ~ Charlotte York

And the numerous quandaries that Carrie faces:
"What if Prince Charming had never showed up? Would Snow White have slept in that glass coffin forever?
Or would she have eventually wojen uppit out the the apple, gotten a job and a baby from her local neighborhood sperm bank?
I couldn't help but wonder: inside every confident, driven signle woman, is there a delicate, fragile princess just waiting to be saved?"

"Soul mate. Two little words. One big concept.
A belief that someone, somewhere, is holding the key to your heart and to your dream house. All you have to do is to find them.
So where is this person? And if you love someone and it didn't work out, does that mean they weren't your soul mate?"


Included is a map of the restaurants and other places were many of the on-location episodes were filmed.She mentions that you can use it to take a walking tour of NYC to follow in the girls' footsteps, but while general locations of places are pointed out, there are no addresses! I thought this was the "updated" book so I don't understand why such pertinent information was excluded. There are no addresses except for the girls' apartments--which are not real places anyway! Sohn couldn't take the time to give addresses for the real places for those of us who aren't NYC dwellers?

So why only a four stars rating? Simply because there are no details about part two of season six. If Sohn had waited until the end of the entire series, this book would have been a more complete wrap-up. The last 8 episodes of Season 6 were barely mentioned. It's like she didn't watch or care about these final shows and just slapped a couple of lines at the end of the book to finalize it.

Additionally, Sohn doesn't appear to know the material as well as she should, and she leaves out lots of good information that should have been included. Her glib descriptions of the characters (men and women) make them seem more simple and uncomplicated than they were. Although she gives lip service to the idea that the characters changed and strengthened, she doesn't seem to understand what that means. It actually feels like real fans know so much more about this show than the writer herself. If you're going to directly quote a show, get it right. I like the pictures, and the overviews of the episodes, but really, at least watch the show before you try to review it.

In the end, I'm still keeping this one & don't really regret buying it (4 years or so ago)--all for the love of a show and the characters behind it. If you're a die-hard fan, then by all means, just relish the thought of burying yourself in scene stills and episode synopses plus the tons of photos in this book. The book is like re-living the whole experience!

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Title Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell
Author Amy Sohn (Intro by Sarah Jessica Parker)
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Television's sauciest and sexiest program is nothing less than a national phenomenon. Now, after four wildly successful and critically acclaimed seasons, the show's winning formula of sex, glamour, humor, and candor is available in a one-of-a-kind, elegant, and uniquely entertaining hardcover book.Sex and The City: Kiss and Tellis the ultimate fan bible, offering a comprehensive behind the scenes guide to NYC and its most fabulous foursome -- the friends and boyfriends, the bar rooms and bedrooms, the infatuations and fashions. Packed with information and photos not available anywhere else, it will fascinate and delight its readers with wholly original material from the show's stars, producers, writers, costume designers, and more.It includes all-access passes to the sets, production offices, and wardrobe closets at the Silvercup studios; an insider's tour of the sets; and a detailed map of the bistros and boutiques where Carrie and friends sip, shop, and seduce. Each of the show's major players are interviewed, offering revealing, intimate biographies and sharing the true life stories that inspire every episode. An elegant, beautiful edition with an exclusive introduction from Sarah Jessica Parker herself, this book is every bit as intoxicating as the pink Cosmopolitans sipped by Carrie and friends at Manhattan's chichest hot spots.

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