Darren Star, From Sex and the City to Younger- Coming of Age on Television
Paul Farmer CBE, CEO of Mind
Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO of Coursera
Adm. Timothy J. Keating, USN (Ret.) and Brig. Gen. Robert S. Spalding III, USAF (Ret.)
An Update on Therapies and VaccinesIn this episode, legendary television producer, writer, and director Darren Star talks about creating iconic shows from – Sex and the City to Younger – and how he has used narratives to tackle important societal issues of the times.
On the legacy of Sex and the City 20 years later: “It was meant to be empowering and I feel like it was... From the beginning, I always thought of it as giving women a voice... I think it was just the first show that you got to really hear women speak that way... That’s why I love writing female characters because I feel like they just say whatever is on their minds.”
On the changes in the television industry: “I do think that binge watching has changed the way I think about writing. Certainly Younger is written as a ‘bingeable’ show... Every episode ends with a tiny bit of a cliff-hanger... It’s got hopefully an addictive quality to the storytelling. And, I did think going in and writing the show and conceiving the show that it would be streamed and it would have a life on [a] streaming service.”