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Bad `Sex'; As the new `City,' `Cashmere' simply unravels.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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The Boston Herald
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January 3, 2008
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Boston Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: MARK A. PERIGARD
"CASHMERE MAFIA"
Series premiere Sunday at 10:01 p.m. on WCVB (Ch. 5).
Grade: C+
There's no need to waste your money on the "Sex and the City" film due this summer.
If you want to know what Carrie and galpals have been up to, go no further than ABC's "Cashmere Mafia," premiering Sunday at 10:01 p.m. on WCVB (Ch. 5). (The series moves into its regular time slot Wednesday at 10 p.m.)
OK. "Cashmere" isn't quite Carrie and company, but "Sex" creator Darren Star has ripped it from the same cloth. Star has stolen from himself to such a degree he could probably sue himself for plagiarism and win damages.
His new quartet of BFFs ...
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