All of the sudden, I was thinking of pot roast. It is described in pretty clichéd terms, though, and I found myself cringing at the mental imagery words like 'hungry' created for me. "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" has some sex, although its implied and not explicit. The 20th Century wasn't a more innocent time by any means - but it was a more private time for teens and adults alike.
Before 2001, it was possible to actually be an alone, unwatched kid with some real autonomy. Local calls were expensive, and making a long distance call? Landline was really the only option, and there was no guarantee that the person on the other end would even have a phone. Cell phones existed, but that's all they were: actual phones. Teenagers could travel at will, without ID, without parents' permission, and without the careful planning national security requires now. I was a little disappointed in the stereotyped four best friends: did Carmen really have to be a 'hot blooded' Latina? And is every athlete driven to win at any cost? Brashares inadvertently sketched an entirely different time, the last summer before the United States lost its ersatz innocence. There's Bridget, the reckless athlete who goes to soccer camp in Mexico Carmen, whose divorced father suddenly acquires a brand new family: Lena, who visits her grandparents in Greece and Tibby at home, working her first job at 'Walmans', donning a double layered polyester smock and an nose-ring-wearing attitude. Looking back on when the first movie was released, I know I spent what little movie time I had that year taking my kids to see JK Rowlings' "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and the remake of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" is a loving portrait of teenage American girls, forever friends, right as everything changes for them. I haven't seen either of the two movies based on the book either.
First of all, a disclaimer: I am more than 3 times the age of the target audience for Ann Brashares' "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" (2001).
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