GIRLS talk (the Lena Dunham thread)

bad company should be playing in the background of every scene in this show

i enjoyed the overall attitude of the dude she hooks up w/ in this ep -"i was fat in high school too, i didnt let ppl draw all over me"

hah he was so mean

I expected the Mamet kid to be like her character in Mad Men, which has nothing to do with the quality of the show.

i dont remember her on mad men, she was in the kids are alright tho, i like her

lol

From the steamy bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey to HBO's Girls, sexual domination is in vogue. Katie Roiphe on why women's power at work may be fueling the craze.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/04/15/working-women-s-fantasies.html

that article and hologram tupac dominated my twitter feed this morning

katie roiphe hologram in your living room

i dont remember her on mad men, she was in the kids are alright tho, i like her

she's peggy's friend who works at Life magazine and has all the counter-culture buddies.

o rite!

katie roiphe hologram in your living room

― buzza, Monday, April 16, 2012 2:17 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

dominating u, u r a blogger

i was just thinking, i miss that katie roiphe.

what trenchant insights does she have for us about girls, not to mention Girls

idk there is no way im reading that article

i am going to save it for a time when i really need to yell at my computer

there is some key video content with katie how can u miss it

only if shes being tied up and written all over 'riot grrl' by teenage lesbians

then maybe i might watch it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80mdeRlbzvE

a lot of people are prob reading it on their ipads and kindles in their own universe

*thinks deeply*

thread summary for those coming in late:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQxRy30qs0g

Was thinking about the comparisons with Louis CK and the big difference is that Louis's horrible sex scenes actually have a punchline. There was no payoff to that scene, it was just "wow, they're both horrible and I didn't need to see that." And Louis seems to give a shit about the world around him, whether that's his daughters or the awesome gay neighbors who save him, etc.

eh his 'give a shit about the world' is kinda forced and self-congratulatory - let's have people call me a good father and show me being a good father on a show I write and star in

yeah louis ck has a good schtick but lets not read too much into it

HS did you watch this show? Should I?

i thought it was p funny, and people are prob making too big a deal out of it

its more apatow than it is meaningful

i am going to watch it some time this week!

xxp

apparently Louis CK's newest material features a routine on why, if you're a stand-up comic from Silver Lake, you need to get out of the game and why CK hates you.

Louie comparison leads to the question of what a gal Cassavetes would be like--gal equivalent of Husbands.

it does?

i mean not that im against that question

All Louie comparisons are way off the mark and I imagine anyone making them has never seen/understood either show.

its basically like louie but w/chix

not at all

heres the pitch hbo: louie, but w/ chix, & we make fun of SaTC - no punchlines tho

eh his 'give a shit about the world' is kinda forced and self-congratulatory - let's have people call me a good father and show me being a good father on a show I write and star in

you guys prob just cant see it because youre misogynists tho

whatever, reverse misogynist!

im pan-misogynistic

btw i thought it was roif not roy-fee

god that youtube. this person is a moron. she can't speak w/o some predigested phrase.

this was really good

my gf has college professor parents and is 24 and was an english major

the similarities end there but it's still kinda funny

oh man this show, i cant even blog abt it omg

haha did you like it or not

i feel like this show would be [obscure math] times better if no one else could ever have or at the very least publish opinions about it but as is i am in a crisis/teapot rn

sorry, haven't read this thread yet but just wanted to note briefly that holy shit this show is depressing + misanthropic. the only thing i knew about it going in is that ppl were comparing it to Louie but way off. Louie has a heart and is hopeful and this is just so bitter and cruel and angry. idk if i'll keep watching it. i'm not sure i have the strength for it tbh.

i dunno i feel like it's going for 'dark' in a way that's kind of intrinsically naive and eager-to-please

ya louis has a heart and is hopeful cause he is like a millionaire who lives in an imaginary nyc where you walk your kids to school and there's nobody on the street