Girls

[ravenstar]

So last night I watched my first episode of Girls and one of the characters said "I don't get it, what's so funny", and all I could think was "I'm with ya sister."

Did I just get a dud episode or is always filled with whinging, complaining characters who do absolutely nothing. I've heard it's supposed to be ground breaking television, but to me it seemed like the "ground breaking" was saying things like "yes, I first fingered myself while playing truth or dare."

 

[aaggii]

Things start to move around season 2, but don´t expect your everyday tv series action with this one.

Personally, I hate that I don´t hate it.

 

[altlover85]

ravenstar, it didn't pick up for me until around episode 3. I do really enjoy it now though. And season 2 is better than season 1, but I think a lot of that is due to the fact that you already know the girls at that point.

 

[darden]

I'm trying to force myself to like this show, but it just makes me feel so old.

I'm not much older than the actual characters, but I just find myself nodding along and agreeing with all the adults/parents about their pretentious, spoiled, hipster progeny.

 

[ravenstar]

Maybe I'm just too old to see the point of it. I'm sure not a part of the main stars generation thats for sure lol. Probably closer to the parent's generation.

 

[Callum]

This series annoys me for a few reasons:

Firstly, Lena Dunham says it's semi-autobiographical. She grew up in a filthy rich household which recently sold for more than $6m. She landed a $3.5m book deal at 23. She knows nothing of struggling as a twenty-something in NYC.

Secondly, Lena Dunham's father *allegedly* plays tennis with numerous HBO executives -- which is only headquartered in the city they're from. No nepotism at play here, surely.

Thirdly, she bitches and moans about her feminism tripe on Twitter yet makes an absolute mockery of mental illness on the show. As someone who has spent years, tears and money on therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder, her portrayal of OCD is nothing less than offensive.

Fourthly, count the minorities on the show. No, I'm not being politically correct. I live in Toronto, where I'm one of THREE white kids in a class of THIRTY-EIGHT. Show some fucking diversity if you want to make it remotely realistic, Lena. Surely NYC has a few non-whites.

It's a series written by an entitled WASP woman, exploring the vapidities of high-class youth…yet thinly veiled as pro-feminist and "genuine". I guess if the sheep buy it, might as well rake in the dough Lena...

 

[Native Son]

^ Really.

Knowing or not knowing all that, I'm pretty sure most can see her bullshit for what it is.

She's so blatant.

 

[aaggii]

Thirdly, she bitches and moans about her feminism tripe on Twitter yet makes an absolute mockery of mental illness on the show. As someone who has spent years, tears and money on therapy for obsessive-compulsive disorder, her portrayal of OCD is nothing less than offensive.

I think you´re wrong here, I also suffered from quite a bad case of OCD until not long ago (the real disease, not the ¨this thing bothers me¨ crap that you see on facebook) and you probably know just as me that it comes in many formes and each one is affected in a different way. Everyone thinks that OCD means being repetitive in one´s way of acting, but it goes much further, like not being able to stop thinking about what you KNOW it´s wrong (religious or sexual stuff), just to give one example. Of course, some do this, some don´t. Some can act ¨normal¨ when in presence of others, even if it bothers them, some don´t etc etc. Maybe her portrayal of OCD was bad because of her acting?!

Fourthly, count the minorities on the show. No, I'm not being politically correct. I live in Toronto, where I'm one of THREE white kids in a class of THIRTY-EIGHT. Show some fucking diversity if you want to make it remotely realistic, Lena. Surely NYC has a few non-whites.

Her response was hilarious, she brought a black guy in the 2nd season for a couple of episodes, then took him out hehe..

 

[miaedu]

Cat Power - Free (Remix) From the second Girls soundtrack