I can't believe I'm even posting about this: A SATC:The Movie quibble.

[offbalance]

So, they've been filming all around midtown the past few weeks, and this week, the crowd is over by St. Patrick's Cathedral. Word on the street is that Big and Carrie are getting married. Good on them.

However.

The continuity whore in me has a big problem with this. In the Season 1 episode, "Come All Ye Faithful," it was established that Big was a weekly churchgoer at Park Avenue Presbyterian Church. Carrie, in that episode (or possibly the one where Charlotte is wrestling over whether she should convert to Judaism or not), states that she was raised in "the church of be nice to people and eat your vegetables."

So, why, pray tell (pardon the pun), would they get married in a CATHOLIC Cathedral?? I may not know too much about the Christian faith, but I'm pretty sure that Catholic and Presbyterian are not interchangeable. It's not a big hall you rent out, either. I think you need some proof that you're Catholic to get married in St. Pat's. Am I wrong?

A few reasons they could be shooting that scene there:

1. Big and Carrie aren't the ones getting married, and that was just a rumor.

2. The producers/location people figured that no one currently living in the five boroughs is going to bother seeing this film, so they decided to go for an iconic New York location, rather than an *accurate* one. I mean, St. Patrick's is pretty, right? And it's on Fifth Avenue, right near where Saks just opened up a temple to Carrie's real religion: shoes! It's like, perfect and stuff.

3. No one remembered that Big has been established as a Presbyterian.

4. It's some kind of wacky dream sequence.

I know it may be silly of me to take up a tiny detail such as this one, especially on a show as grossly inaccurate in so many ways as Sex and the City always was. But it's like they're not even trying. They might as well call it Sex and the City: We're In It For More Money. And, like I said, I'm a continuity whore. When a show refers back to some obscure detail from a past season, it makes me all aglow. (like when NCIS referred to DiNozo's past Ypestis poisoning in the season premiere. That made me squee. Continuity!!) It's easy enough to do, especially when you have as few episodes as SATC did. Seriously!

Anyway, I'm through embarrassing myself. Point and laugh in the comments if you must.

Comments

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Buh?

Why not use Cathedral of St. John The Divine?

That place is so ecumenical, it's practically Unitarian!

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

St. John the Divine is not on 5th avenue! Plus, it's on the upper, upper west side! As if they'd walk their Manolos up there!

(But yes, exactly. Why not just use the same church that Big goes to? Or a bigger Presbytarian church? They exist!)

[alcestis.livejournal.com]

Speaking of quibbles... Unitarians aren't necessarily Christians.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Exactly my point!

There are a lot of Jewish, Muslim, and non-Judeo-Christian observances at Cathedral of St. John the Divine.

[alcestis.livejournal.com]

I guess it depends on your use of the word "ecumenical." When I read your comment I had ecumenical defined as "promoting Christian unity" in my head which is why I responded as I did. I like "all-encompassing" better... less Christian connotation. But that's just me being a good Unitarian Universalist minister's daughter. ;)

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

This is all news to me, btw. I sort of thought Unitarians were a flavor of Christianity. I didn't realize that wasn't so much the case. I'll be filing that away for future reference. :)

(Did Sex and the City actually make me learn something of value? I couldn't help but wonder.)

[alcestis.livejournal.com]

It really depends on the church, actually. There are many humanist Unitarian congregations that don't speak of any divine spirit of any sort. There are also those that say the Lord's Prayer. The latter creeps me out as I was raised in the middle (or at least more humanist). I personally wouldn't ever describe myself as Christian since I do not believe as Christ as my/a savior. I think he may have existed and if he did he was a pretty cool guy... a bit of a hippie, but had his heart in the right place. I do, however, believe in some sort of "god-like force." The way Yoda describes The Force is pretty close to my view of G-d. This also gives me the creeps as my religious views are similar to a George Lucas film, but what can you do? ;)