'And Just Like That' stars talk race, fashion and whether *that* college scene worked
When HBO's Sex and the City premiered in June of 1998, the world was quite a different place.
The Sept. 11 attacks were more than three years away. The #MeToo revolution was almost a generation away, not to mention the racial justice movements or the pandemic.
All of that was yet to come, that summer when 30-somethings Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha first appeared on screen.
Changes in the world and changes brought on by age are among the things that Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and several new characters are dealing with when they meet up in HBO's new show, And Just Like That.
Cynthia Nixon, who plays Miranda, and Karen Pittman, who plays newcomer Professor Nya Wallace, spoke to NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about how the new show is working to better reflect the racial diversity of New York City, the portrayal of the original characters in their mid-50s, and the fashion that everyone knows and
