“Desperate Housewives,” ABC’s hit dark comedy-drama, is being called “Sex and the City” for married women. The housewives bear some similarities to the four gal pals from “Sex,” but the differences between the characters are fundamental.
Teri Hatcher as Susan, divorced mom
Carrie-like: Girlish and a tad clumsy
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Un-Carrie: Drab and too shy to ask cute guy over for dinner, Susan allows resident floozy to get her goat. Carrie would’ve had dinner and sex with the guy on the first date.
Felicity Huffman as Lynette, mother of four
Miranda-like: Gutsy and self-sufficient
Un-Miranda: Lynette left a great career to be a mom. No way Miranda would a) quit work b) have that many kids.
Eva Longoria as Gabrielle, cheating wife
Samantha-like: Sexy little tart; having affair with lawn boy
Un-Samantha: Would rather talk than make love to her husband.
Turn down sex . . .
Samantha? Oh, and lawn boy would be a distant memory.
Marcia Gross as Bree, “Stepford” wife
Charlotte-like: Conservative; annoyingly optimistic
Un-Charlotte: Bree is snippy and mechanical in her pursuit of perfection.
Charlotte was naive but could take a hint. And her hair moved.