GIRLS talk (the Lena Dunham thread)

Jorma Taccone = "When I fuck you..." guy = Lonely Island member

he looked like Evil Jimmy Fallon

oh, shortpants

should have made him a #menswear blogger

I guess he could be normal height, no idea how tall the actress is

irl lolz at the whole fite w/the gay ex boyfriend

I was really on the fence with this show, but this last episode won me over. I do, however, still think Hannah's fuckbuddy is the most repellent human being ever.

NB: i may be over-estimating that ever so slightly, but he is so aggravatingly awful.

fell like hannahs gross bf character has been fleshed out to hang a bunch of doofieness on the monstrous frame which in a huge relief tbqh

i'm gonna have the last word here--
YOUR DAD IS GAY

Fuck buddy dude reminds me of a young Roger Waters, which doesn't do anything to make him less icky in my mind.

for some reason I thought that guy really came into his own this episode

SLOW YOUR ROLL

I suspect that he's being painted monstrously to stop contenderisers turning it into "But has anyone considered his rich inner life? Think how he feels, negotiating his terrifying sexual freedom, bound by the expectations of modern life on a young man, with no pole star to guide him except a bunch of gonzo porn and the mask of not caring about anything".

well, i mean they've done enough with him to reveal that he does have a sort of sweet and charming side of his personality, at least enough to sort of justify why Hannah puts up with him. but man, when he is awful, its just really off-putting.

guys, come on.

"my best dyke friend works for a dick doctor"

it's an elocution exercise

"my best dyke friend works for a dick doctor"

I chuckled

i'm gonna have the last word here--
YOUR DAD IS GAY

― horseshoe, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:04 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'he got that earring on a trip w/some of his best male friends'

yeah the ex bf conversation was incredible, made up for the brian williams jr stuff

It made me realize that as long as they make me laugh, I don't really care how daft or annoying the characters are.

lolz uber alles as always

allison williams is so pretty but she also looks exactly like her dad it's a little disconcerting

wish that the guy had leaned in and said "the first time i -- heyyyyy. you know who you look like?"

her face was placed on her head w/greater care than her dads

max, i guess u're not toeing the company line on girls?

haha i did my part

I'm glad this hasn't turned into ad hominem stuff about the actresses, that'd be unclassy

disappointed in the lack of drummer from gay dad jokes itt

this show is so fucking OTM

I had a *moment* watching the final scene bcz I have spent five minutes re-writing tweets/status updates and also danced alone in my room to Robyn on more than one occasion.

I'm guessing the 2nd and 3rd eps aren't on YT or HBO.com?

don't worry, they're being rush released onto dvd by criterion next week

You can torrent them or probably find them on sidereel or something

Yeah, this kind of lost me with the girl beelining to the nearest private room to rub one out cuz she was so turned on by the ridiculous art douche saying he’s such a MAN he will terrify her with his fucking skills. Also, the eyeroll-y “sometimes ya just gotta DANCE away the pain girlfrand” ending. Second episode was funny though. I like the goofy fuckbuddy character more than most. Mamet’s daughter’s character exists right now as a joke only, but I think she does a great job with it and is funny so I don’t care. British girl is zzzzz.

Do you have hbogo? Should be on there, if you are able to log in.

Or not do you have it, but can you log in I should say.

I had a *moment* watching the final scene bcz I have spent five minutes re-writing tweets/status updates and also danced alone in my room to Robyn on more than one occasion.

Yeah, but...there's something about this that bothers me. I feel like some aspects of this show might largely be super OTM in a really trivial way. Like, yeah, I can relate to that scene for sure...but the moments it evokes/recalls aren't particular noteworthy or profound. I mean, fair enough, tiny moments are worthy of consideration and transcription, but it feels a little like watching commercials for '80s toys and the comforting-yet-vacuous "Ooooh, I had that!" phenomenon or something.

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/daughters-of-the-revolution/?src=tp

haha, i was so right. conservatives LOVE THIS SHIT.

The show’s treatment of condoms, STDs and abortion suggests the practical limits of an ethic of “safe sex” even among a population that’s been trained since puberty to practice it.

Monstro doesn't seem to have been trained particularly hard!

I'm probably doubling down on the "I'M OLD" tip here, but so much of the stuff that happens on this show feels tailor-made for this reaction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5j4DIellR4

After a viewing we have concluded that this show is reactionary "coming of age" narrative poison.

The Apatow propaganda machine continues unabated.

Hopefully it will find a way to work in some level of sex positivity rather than being relentlessly negative and cynical on the topic.

They keep fearing the consequences of sex, but yet they keep coming back to it.

Also, lol at the virgin speaking the most sensibly about hpv

I feel like some aspects of this show might largely be super OTM in a really trivial way. Like, yeah, I can relate to that scene for sure...but the moments it evokes/recalls aren't particular noteworthy or profound.

I didn't say it was PROFOUND or anything but it was still something I found completely lovable and adorable; there was an earnestness about it that I really enjoyed. Also, there are much more less-trivial things on the show that I also can relate to quite a bit that make me really love it.

yeah haha i don't think this show is about profound moments because it's about the everyday life of certain twenty-somethings who while being somewhat-to-greatly self-conscious aren't all that self-aware. there's a difference, and so their profound moments don't necessarily seem all that profound even though they might be monumental in their lives at the time - i wouldn't call those moments trivial though. i mean, true, maybe in mainstream movies and tv, people have profound life-changing moments all the time, but that's the traditional nature of that stream of the medium. remember what a big deal it was that Seinfeld was "a show about nothing"? and it was, and that was great. but this show is about more than that.

Don't think I've loved a US tv show so much since Party Down.

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When he said the "because I'm a man" line I burst out laughing because he is obv a leprechaun and I said "lil 'chaun" out loud

Don't think I've loved a US tv show so much since Party Down.

― Stevie T, Wednesday, May 2, 2012 6:10 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

neither have i! shame this show isn't a millionth as good

Party Down ended in 2010 so it's not like there have been decades of waiting