The Sex and the City 2 trailer is a Riddle gift-wrapped in a Mystery shrouded in a Fabergé Enigma.

What creature goes on four shoes in the morning, on two shoes at noon, in the evening on three, and the more shoes it has the weaker it be? If a shoe falls in the forest and no one is there to write a column about it, does it still break a heel? Which came first, the chicken or the shoe?

The video opens on a cameo of the Chrysler Building, beautiful but notably hard to work with, as she dances seductively to Alicia Keys’ “Empire State of Mind.” (Keys’ NYC anthem is featured on the movie’s soundtrack along with Liza Minnelli’s cover of “Single Ladies” and three songs by The Sex and the City Men’s Choir, a chorus comprised of the castrated portions of Castrati.)

Next, our high-heeled heroines are introduced, as are their walk-in closets. They’ve all got problems: Carrie and Big aren’t having enough sex, Charlotte and Miranda hate their children, the closets have moths. And Samantha is feeling old, so she’s decided to trick her body into thinking it’s younger by eating a pillbox full of little, tiny Benjamin Buttons. (more…)