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©brad

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Re: Girls
« Reply #60 on: May 12, 2012, 07:56:52 AM »
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Quote from: Ravi on May 11, 2012, 04:39:02 PM
What should the show be called, Jewish and WASP Girls From Upper-Middle Class Backgrounds Who Live in New York and Don't Have Their Shit Together? Isn't the show itself supposed to be what reveals how these people are? The title is perfect. It shows that the characters are immature girls and not women.

Quote from: ©brad on May 10, 2012, 01:08:49 PM
oh god forget it. I'm boring myself now. It's a good show. Let's move on.
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« Reply #61 on: May 12, 2012, 02:03:41 PM »
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So how about that Fringe finale?
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Re: Girls
« Reply #62 on: May 14, 2012, 01:11:43 AM »
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This topic really exploded since I last posted. I really wanted to not comment on the huge controversy this show seemed to have caused but doesn't seem plausible if I want to talk about the show. The nepotism controversy is completely stupid. The racial issue is justifiable but why don't other shows get the same criticism? I think the show is very much Lena Dunham trying recreate a show like Seinfeld. I think it's Seinfeld meets Louie. Seinfeld got it's controversy over race but it was no where near the amount Girls has gotten but it's a different time now. But shows like Entourage, Sex and the City, Always Sunny, Arrested Development, Bored to Death and other comedies that had a vastly majority white cast never had this kind of controversy. While the criticism is justifiable, it's unfair to hold up this one show up to the criticism while I'm sure the vast majority of shows are guilty. I tend to believe the show is getting much more criticism due to the fact its a young woman with a famous mother running the show. There seems to be a lot of young woman hate going on lately. Lana Del Rey got a lot recently which is ironic since Brian Williams was a part of and now his daughter is getting it from being on the show with another famous parent.

Now on to what I really wanted to discuss: I love the show.  I think it's hilarious. What I love most is the portrayal of Shoshanna. Any other show would have made her the geeky judgmental virgin who looks down on what everyone else is doing. But she is really sweet and genuine and my favorite character of the show.
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Re: Girls
« Reply #63 on: May 14, 2012, 10:30:12 PM »
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Quote from: Brando on May 14, 2012, 01:11:43 AM
I tend to believe the show is getting much more criticism due to the fact its a young woman with a famous mother running the show. There seems to be a lot of young woman hate going on lately.

Yeah, it's just people going "well, if the show's so great how come it didn't cover this?"

Quote from: Brando on May 14, 2012, 01:11:43 AM
What I love most is the portrayal of Shoshanna. Any other show would have made her the geeky judgmental virgin who looks down on what everyone else is doing. But she is really sweet and genuine and my favorite character of the show.

Me too. She gets the most laughs out of me. She's so innocent and always cooped up in her apartment. Some of those looks on her face are priceless.
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Re: Girls
« Reply #64 on: May 22, 2012, 06:04:12 PM »
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'Girls' quick fix
Source: NY Mag

Well, that was fast.

“Girls,” which has been blasted in the media for its lack of diversity, began filming its second season in Brooklyn this week.

And surprise, surprise, the creator and star of the HBO show, Lena Dunham, was photographed filming on a stoop with African-American “Community” actor Donald Glover.

Dunham spoke about the diversity controversy on NPR’s “Fresh Air” last week.

“Now we have the opportunity to do a second season and, believe me, that will be remedied,” Dunham said. “I’m really excited to introduce new characters into the world of the show. Some of them are great actors of color.”

Privately, HBO said this week that it “wouldn’t be surprised” if Season 2 of “Girls” addressed the diversity void.

But filming with an African-American actor within the first days back on set is still a surprisingly quick turnaround.

Dunham made it clear in the NPR interview that “something I really wanted to avoid was tokenism in casting.”
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Re: Girls
« Reply #65 on: May 22, 2012, 08:09:42 PM »
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he looks a little too happy to be there...
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Re: Girls
« Reply #66 on: May 22, 2012, 09:58:13 PM »
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not black enough
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Re: Girls
« Reply #67 on: May 26, 2012, 02:11:25 AM »
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Haha the unruly mob has changed the world once again.

If only their complaint was that the hot chicks in the show are not getting naked enough.
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Re: Girls
« Reply #68 on: May 26, 2012, 05:38:29 PM »
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Re: Girls
« Reply #69 on: May 27, 2012, 10:43:38 PM »
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"Tako" is my friend's sister. She's been to my apt. I had no idea she was on this show. That's crazy.
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Re: Girls
« Reply #70 on: May 27, 2012, 11:40:44 PM »
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Re: Girls
« Reply #71 on: May 30, 2012, 03:41:12 PM »
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Re: Girls
« Reply #72 on: February 11, 2013, 01:13:04 AM »
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I don't know if it's just mod and I that still watch this show, but this last episode was the most affecting episode of television I've seen since Friday Night Lights ended.
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Re: Girls
« Reply #73 on: February 11, 2013, 11:21:53 AM »
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Yeah, fantastic. Love that it broke the format, felt like a short film or something.
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Re: Girls
« Reply #74 on: February 13, 2013, 04:21:45 PM »
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Agree. The show is only getting better.

It's impossible to have a sensible debate about this show online. This last episode spawned such an internet shit-storm about Lena Dunham's nudity, mostly from guys. It's infuriating and sad.
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