Review: Lipstick Jungle

 by Valerie Gueco
 published on Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Women across the country are still mourning the loss of "Sex and the City." The only way to cope is by watching it repeatedly on DVD or the much-edited re-runs on television.

Luckily, "Sex and the City" writer Candace Bushnell has created "Lipstick Jungle" to help women deal with the loss. The show's premise is about three childhood best friends (actresses Brooke Shields, Kim Raver and Lindsay Price) who have morphed into Manhattan's most powerful women — one a top fashion designer, one a movie producer and the other a magazine editor.

It seems as though these women are living the dream life, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. The women deal with power struggles with their husbands, adulterous temptations and the hurtful criticisms of the press, all while wearing Jimmy Choos.

Shields shows strength and maturity in her movie-producer character "Wendy." Raver and Price, though, still have a little more to prove.

The show's dialogue is not as sharp as it could be and the women do not seem like likely best friends; they lack believable chemistry.

But think back to the first episode of "Sex and the City." It took a couple episodes into the first season for Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha to become fabulous and make their friendships seem feasible.

The show has potential, and it's time to take a break from the "City" and venture into the "Jungle."

— valerie.gueco@asu.edu