VOD Spotlight: No “Sex” in the U.A.E for “SATC2”

“I wanted to portray a bigger worldview of women because when we opened the first movie in cities like London and Berlin and France and Tokyo, I started to see that this was reaching more than just American women, that women around the world were identifying with these storylines and these issues and these characters,” says director Michael Patrick King on his decision to set Sex and the City 2 in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. Unfortunately, the film was banned in that conservative country because of its “salacious” content and the word “Sex” in the title. Women there will be able to see the DVD to learn what all the official fuss was about.

Nor could the film be made in that country. Fortunately, sand is sand, and with Morocco standing in for Abu Dhabi, Sarah Jessica Parker and friends had the time of their lives on camel rides and lounging in an opulent Marrakech hotel. “I think what was most interesting to me about the Sex and the City 2 shoot was getting away with everyone,” Parker says. “We were all removed from the most important people in our lives, our families, and that was very difficult, but I think it also helped us grow even closer than ever — and we’ve all been pretty close going on 12 years now. It was probably the best time we ever had as a group, and it was so great to have that experience.”

“Sex and the City 2” is now showing on Video On Demand. Check your cable system for availability.

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