TMC
07-11-2020, 04:25 AM
https://themuse.jezebel.com/the-baby-sitters-club-is-beautiful-teen-escapism-1844277613
"Comparing The Baby-Sitters Club (https://www.primetimer.com/shows/the-baby-sitters-club) to a show like Sex and the City (https://www.primetimer.com/shows/sex-and-the-city) feels reductive and a bit crass, but the cadence and the rhythm of each episode feel very similar," says Megan Reynolds. "Sex and the City operated loosely as a show not only about the glittering lives of female archetypes but also as a collection of life lessons, bookended by a question posed at the beginning of the episode and a tidy little answer at the end. In The Baby-Sitters Club, the handwritten diary entries that opened each episode are replaced by a voice-over narration that sets up the lesson to be learned while also centering the club member in question. The similarities between the two end there. But teaching lessons about how to navigate interpersonal conflicts without surrendering their values is what Sex and the City and other shows of its kind do without pandering or patronizing. In The Baby-Sitters Club, friendships are solid but not without nuance. Conflict is resolved neatly, creating a useful blueprint of emotional confidence and stability for viewers who are of the age where figuring out how to be assertive without being terrible is a difficult ask."
"Comparing The Baby-Sitters Club (https://www.primetimer.com/shows/the-baby-sitters-club) to a show like Sex and the City (https://www.primetimer.com/shows/sex-and-the-city) feels reductive and a bit crass, but the cadence and the rhythm of each episode feel very similar," says Megan Reynolds. "Sex and the City operated loosely as a show not only about the glittering lives of female archetypes but also as a collection of life lessons, bookended by a question posed at the beginning of the episode and a tidy little answer at the end. In The Baby-Sitters Club, the handwritten diary entries that opened each episode are replaced by a voice-over narration that sets up the lesson to be learned while also centering the club member in question. The similarities between the two end there. But teaching lessons about how to navigate interpersonal conflicts without surrendering their values is what Sex and the City and other shows of its kind do without pandering or patronizing. In The Baby-Sitters Club, friendships are solid but not without nuance. Conflict is resolved neatly, creating a useful blueprint of emotional confidence and stability for viewers who are of the age where figuring out how to be assertive without being terrible is a difficult ask."