Lipstick Jungle – Power, Pain, and the Price of Glamour.
Lipstick Jungle – Power, Pain, and the Price of Glamour ★★★★ — 10/10 — Perfect — Don’t Miss It If Sex and the City was champagne and confessions, Lipstick Jungle is espresso martinis and emotional warfare. Airing for just two seasons from 2008 to 2009 on NBC, this short-lived but striking series dives deep into the lives of three powerful women navigating the brutal terrain of love, ambition, and identity in New York City. And unlike its predecessor, it doesn’t sugarcoat the cost of success. Based on the novel by Candace Bushnell, the same mind behind Sex and the City , Lipstick Jungle trades sexual liberation for emotional complexity. It’s darker, more cynical, and far more interested in the messy contradictions of modern womanhood. These women aren’t looking for Mr. Big—they are Mr. Big. The Jungle Queens - Wendy Healy (Brooke Shields): a film executive juggling motherhood, marriage, and studio politics - Nico Reilly (Kim Raver): a magazine editor...