Hegemony & Fictional Television: Sex & The City

 “Sex and the City”, as one of fictional television's most famous programs, does not at all relate to the hardships associated with being part of a minority or of a lower class. The show actually ostracizes these social groups. The fact that New York City is the setting for this television series shows how “Sex in the City” is based off of a capitalistic ideology. This relates back to Marx’s concept of “superstructure”, where in the case of capitalism, the “ruling” social class imposes their morals, beliefs, and opinions on the rest of the subordinate population simply because of their prosperous economic and political position. Through the development of privileged characters, the actors, writers, and directors of “Sex and the City” are reflecting and imposing capitalistic hegemonic ideals onto American society.