Sarah Jessica Parker just acknowledged a truth about Sex and the City—something that more than a few think pieces and articles have addressed over the past couple of years. At the Deauville Film Festival in France on Friday, she said that the show would today seem “tone deaf” given the fact that the four women who comprise its leads are all white. “You couldn’t make it today because of the lack of diversity on screen,” Parker told The Hollywood Reporter. “I personally think it would feel bizarre.”

After all, we’ve seen a larger shift toward inclusion in television in 20 years. The small screen and all its streaming partners are bringing us stories that embrace greater representation for women of color—though there is still a long way to go.

Parker isn’t behind a reboot either, due in part to other changes that have shifted society in the two decades—and New York City—since 1998. 2018 is a vastly different world in terms of how people consider and give more nuanced attention to issues of sex and sexuality, dating, careers, feminism (and all its intersections) and family life. When all is said and done, she said, “I don’t know that you could do it with a different cast. I think that’s radical and interesting, but you can’t pretend it’s the same.”

“It wouldn’t be a reboot as I understand it,” she added. “If you came back and did six episodes, you’d have to acknowledge the city is not hospitable to those same ideas. You’d look like you were generationally removed from reality, but it would be certainly interesting to see four diverse women experiencing NYC their way. … It would be interesting and very worthwhile exploring, but it couldn’t be the same.”

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