'Stanford represented something important, at a time when representation for gay men was lacking...[he] was also dependable and fabulous, possibly the only person who could get away with referring to Bradshaw as 'fashion roadkill.''
of Stanford’s accessory role in the series. He was always an accent to proceedings, even in his BigTool4U storyline. Stanford, like all the non-Carrie characters, was a single note in the symphony of Miss Bradshaw, a vehicle to reflect her own story . What was Stanford’s role if not as an oversized corsage for Carrie?
Though he embodied the commodity of a gay BFF, Stanford represented something important, at a time when representation for gay men was lacking. We’ve all been side dishes to female life, which isn’t a bad thing exactly, but most of us aspire to main character status. I’m not sure many gay men were ready to admit the familiarly we felt in Stanford’s character—because of his appendage-status, and perhaps more critically because he wasn’t, by his own admission, traditionally hot.
Samantha was first introduced to us as a New York institution, but in his own different way Stanford was, too. And sometimes, rather annoyingly, you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone. As we reemerge from lockdown like spring buds, double-vaxxed and knowingly overdressed, I wonder how much we owe to Stanford Blatch, a true pioneer of just-because clothing. More than a side dish, Stanford was an entire meal.
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