Sex and the City

NYTimes has a great article on series creator Michael Patrick King.

An interesting excerpt:

Mr. King’s mother is also a practicing Roman Catholic, and his history has left him with a vexed relationship to his own faith. “I’m happiest in an empty church,” he said. “I love the smell of a church.” In the opinion of his closest friend, the novelist Adriana Trigiani (with whom he shares a brownstone in the West Village), his Catholicism is also a constant presence.

“He loves the pageantry and the drama,” Ms. Trigiani said. “He took the structure and holiness of the Mass, and I think it’s informed anything he’s done.” She noted that her friend writes with a sharp eye toward consequence.

Pursuing this meme, if you watch the show, you’ll see how most episodes are built as a parable that conveniently wraps up in less than 30 minutes. This is what i like best about the series. Its also what will surely be lost the movie version. But i’m sure Mr. King knows whats he’s doing.