Nobody. Hates. Saks.

There's a remake of a movie out now that features only women. All characters, even those extras in the background, are women. Aptly entitled, "The Women," it ironically is about a woman trying to get her man back. The subtitle to the original movie at least was more honest - "It's all about men!"

Ignoring the issues I might have with that, what interests me more is that, according to one reviewer, there is only one character that escapes 'the spit of cattiness' (such a great phrase - thank you Anthony Lane of The New Yorker!). That character is not a woman and not a man, but - you guessed it - a store. Saks.

[For those of you who only have been to a Saks Fifth Avenue store in your local shopping mall, Saks is a high-end department store located on Fifth Avenue in New York City, that has amazing window and light displays during the xmas holidays. When Saks branched out into mallworld, it called itself, 'Saks Fifth Avenue.' Since this came as a revelation to at least one friend from the western USA, I thought I'd clear that up now.]

And for those of you who understand high-end department stores, you'll appreciate the love affair that these woman have for Saks. The focus on this movie, like SATC, like Gossip Girls, like 90210, is fashion. Daily Variety highlighted the movie in its Fall fashion Emmy edition, elaborating that "friends may come and go, but fashion is forever." Worse yet, the main character's answer for finding out what she really wants to do with her life, is to design her own collection of clothes. Why not? Why should she be any different than Victoria Posh Spice Girl Beckham or Justin nSync Timberlake or the myriad of other actors who, not satisfied with their acting careers, want to make a mark in the world of fashion?

I don't know why they can't simply want to direct like normal actors?