to climb aboard. That dissenting cast
member was Ms. Cattrall.
Ms. Cattrall was in her early 40s
when cast for the series. She’d been
in such critically acclaimed, deeply
significant blockbusters as Police
Academy and Bonfire of the Vanities,
and who could forget the ground-
breaking, inspiring social commen-
tary of the film, Mannequin? Today,
20 years after accepting the role
in Sex and the City, Ms. Cattrall has
a net worth listed as $75 million.
Obviously Sex and the City and
Sarah Jessica Parker played a key
part in making Ms. Cattrall a multi-
millionaire. One would expect that
Ms. Cattrall would be openly grateful
to Ms. Parker — the person who was
largely responsible for the success
of the series. But, if Ms. Cattrall is
grateful at all to Ms. Parker, she has
an odd way of showing it. When
Ms. Cattrall’s brother recently died,
Sarah Jessica Parker wrote a simple
Facebook post. “Dearest Kim, my
love and condolences to you and
yours and Godspeed to your beloved
brother. Xx.” Others posted similar
messages of sympathy, Ms. Cattrall
responded with warm platitudes for
everyone but Ms. Parker. “I don’t
need your love or support at this
tragic time@sarahjessicaparker.” She
went on to call Ms. Parker “cruel”
and “exploiting” family tragedy
in order to restore your ‘nice girl’
persona.” Rude, ungrateful, cruel and
ill-mannered.
Of Ms. Cattrall, Ms. Parker,
commented in an interview a short
time later, “I found it very upsetting
because that’s not the way I recall
our experience,” she said. “It’s sad,
but I always think that what ties us
together is this singular experience...
It was a professional experience, but
it became personal because it was
years and years of our lives, so I’m
hoping that that eclipses anything
that’s been recently spoken … That
many years spent doing something
so special that people had a connec-
tion with, it is such a privilege.” Was
this a woman trying to perpetrate
her “good-girl personae?” Was that
an act? If taking the high road is
an act, then it’s a very good one. I
doubt that many people read Ms.
Cattrall’s comments and thought,
“What a lovely, gracious woman!”
Perhaps someone will call her to
star in Bonfire of the Vanities —The
Sequel.
In my opinion, a movie or televi-
sion producer would steer clear of
casting anyone who has trashed a
producer of a past project.
I avoid hiring people who trash
their former employers or co-worker.
It just makes sense. Ingratitude is an
unattractive and sometimes danger-
ous quality.
I’ve found that my father was
correct, at least in part. When you
hire friends you do open yourself up
to a special brand of hurt. But, then,
any time you care about anybody,
don’t you open yourself up to a
special brand of hurt?
I do take comfort from the fact
that no internationally syndicated
talk show hosts have invited any of
my ex-employees for a televised tell-
all sit down.
But, I’m sure it’s bound to happen
eventually.
In the meantime, I have been only
hiring people that I like. I figure I
might as well. It makes my time at the
office more pleasant.
Thanks for Reading,
Marsha Brown
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher
Parker County Today Magazine
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