BIG HOPE OF 'SEX' FANS

By Farrah Weinstein
Photo by Sylvan Gaboury

Bring Big back!

That's what many Manhattan women hope to see in the new season of "Sex and the City," airing tonight on HBO.

After the bushy-browed bachelor (played by Chris Noth) left Sarah Jessica Parker's Carrie in the big city to go live in California, many fans felt slighted.

"It's very important," said Eva Hueckman, a 25-year-old graphic designer. "Big and Carrie had such great chemistry."

Many women also feel the show has become less "realistic" and would love to see one of the girls struggle with a real life issue - aside from men.

"I would like one of them to lose their job and not be able to afford the lifestyle," said Irene Vagianos, 31, an entertainment producer from SoHo.

"Carrie writes an article and lives in a great apartment with Manolo Blahniks all around her and that's not realistic. I would love to see someone have to deal with a real problem."

Women also want the fashion-obsessed series to focus more on Carrie's writing.

"It would be interesting to see if she's doing the Vogue thing," said Erika Gaust, a 28-year-old marketing vice president.

As for prissy divorcée Charlotte, played by Kristin Davis, she needs to stop feeling sorry for herself and get back to work, most women said.

"I hope that Charlotte gets a little tougher, and smarter," said Bonnie Brennan, a 28-year-old businesswoman.

"Charlotte should go back to work," added Vigianos, who looked straight out of "Sex and the City" as she tried on more than 20 different shoes at an overcrowded sale at Sigerson Morrison, a label that makes $300 stilettos.

And what of the heartbroken Samantha, played by Kim Cattrall, who just caught her boyfriend/boss in bed with another woman?

"She's going to go back to the wild and crazy Samantha that we all love," said Laurie Bernstein, a 30-year-old Gramercy Park guidance counselor.

Most women hope that Cynthia Nixon's character, the red-headed lawyer Miranda, will become less cynical and more sensitive, now that she has had her baby.

"I wish Miranda would be more human, she's sort of a machine," said Brennan.

 

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