The Power of Female Sex (5 Jul. 1998)

While shoe-shopping, Carrie meets Amalita and her new rich boyfriend. Amalita's life is full of vacations, holidays, and shopping with very rich men. Over dinner, she introduces a young, ... See full summary »

Director:

Susan Seidelman

Writers:

Candace Bushnell (book), Darren Star (creator),

Stars:

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Carrie Bradshaw
Kim Cattrall	...	Samantha Jones
Kristin Davis	...	Charlotte York
Cynthia Nixon	...	Miranda Hobbes
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sean Arbuckle	...	Salesperson
Kenneth Brown	...	Waiter
Jordi Caballero	...	Mario
Carole Davis	...	Amalita Amalfi (as Carole Raphaelle Davis)
Ed Fry	...	Gilles
Charles Keating	...	Neville Morgan
Mimi Langeland	...	Hostess
Phyllis Somerville	...	Gertrude Morgan
Ben Weber	...	Skipper Johnston

Storyline

While shoe-shopping, Carrie meets Amalita and her new rich boyfriend. Amalita's life is full of vacations, holidays, and shopping with very rich men. Over dinner, she introduces a young, handsome architect to Carrie. Her evening ends at his luxurious hotel. Waking up, she finds that the man has left her a considerable sum. Appalled, she calls up her friends and they discuss the power of sex. Meanwhile, Charlotte is asked to model for an artist who is doing a series of paintings of vagina.

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Plot Keywords:

breasts | self narration

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 July 1998 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Of the first season, "The Power of Female Sex," when Carrie is sitting with Amalita and being introduced to the French architect, a man with a dark blue suit and purple tie is seen approaching Carrie from behind three times in a row.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Carrie: [narrating voice over] The most powerful woman in New York is not Tina Brown, or Diane Sawyer, or even Rosie O'Donnell. It's the hostess at Balzac, which had overnight become the only restaurant that mattered. And we were there to celebrate the moment.

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Connections

References Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)

User Reviews

Money and sex: how much are they connected?

Carrie,Samantha,Miranda and Charlotte are discussing in this episode how close is money to sex. In Samantha's opinion, every women should have the rights to exploit the chance to get a promotion or have power using sex, since in her view, men provides power to women,while women would provide sex for them. Charlotte and Miranda do not agree with that and Carrie stays in doubt, until the day she has success going to Balzac, the famous restaurant, and sees her Italian friend Amalita again. Amalita is rich, is always traveling and having the best clothes,food,jewelry and accommodation someone can have. But the doubt is: what's the difference between being a professional girlfriend or just being a professional?

Ps: I am surprised to see that the actress Carole Davis, who plays Amalita(the Italian women) is actually English! She acts and talks perfectly like an Italian woman!( not to mention her looks)

aka "Poder Do Sexo Feminino" - Brazil