Authenticity is Why We Still Remember the 'Sex And The City' Post-It-Note Episode

Liz Tuccillo may not be a name that you're familiar with but if you're a Sex and the City fan then you definitely do know her work. Tuccillo wrote the infamous "Post-It-Note" episode, you know, the one where shortly after reconciling, Berger (played by Ron Livingston) breaks up with Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) by leaving her a post-it-note that simply said, "I'm sorry, I can't, don't hate me." A decade later and this is still one of the most popular episodes and being dumped a la post-it-note has become a bit of a punchline.

Tuccillo was at NYC's Friar's Club on Tuesday night to premiere her latest film, Take Care, and of course she was asked about this infamous SATC moment and why it worked so well. According to Page Six, Tuccillo firmly believes that showing authenticity onscreen is the real key to making relationships come alive.

"Having real characters having real conversations in real situations. There seems to be this mandate from studios that every scene has to be somebody jumping into a pool, and somebody running down the street chasing a car or whatever. I think people are tired of that and they want the truth," said Tuccillo.

The whole post-it-note thing was believable between these two characters at the time because of the real conversations that had happened between them. Berger had already been established as a flake and this sort of breakup seemed very much in line as something that he would have done. It really was the authenticity of all of the relationships that made SATC ultimately so successful, don't you think? There have been rumors about a third movie being discussed, do you think it'll ever actually happen?

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