GIRLS talk (the Lena Dunham thread)

i have not read this thread or watched this show but it doesn't look like this column was posted which is weird bc it's ta-nehisi coates and everything he writes should be posted

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/04/girls-through-the-veil/256154/

it was posted, but it is probably buried at this point

signed, GIRLS thread secretary.

yes, the GIRLS thread is pretty on tops of things
if you know what i mean

xps

oh darn ctrl-f failed me, nvm

the british chick is still an annoying fantastic figure but she's really funny when she's pwning people

OK this is winning me over, I think.

I even sort of like Shoshanna now.

lol the "I should have gotten pregnant by now maybe I'm barren" line.

OK this is hilarious and Lena reminds me so much of myself at that age it's sort of freaking me out.

Yeah, I love this.

lena is the one who is basically a capable adult, right

uh

Yeah, I don't know about that but I don't think most 24 year olds are capable adults these days. I sure as hell wasn't.

oh, lena as in the actress who plays hannah who is also the director and creator of the show and there in the thread title

Ha, yes. Who were you thinking of?

the one whose name i never managed to catch. on looking it up it appears her name is 'marnie'

Yeah, I realized that must have been who you meant.

"i don't know what to say. i hit a puppy once with my car. i only had a learner's permit"

YES. That line was so perfect.

The whole STI thing from her Googling to be obsessed to rambling on at the doctor was spot on. Also agree with whomever said the doc was great.

stuff that comes up the sides of condoms

This ep was p great although it seemed v implausible that someone as smart as her would make a joke to someone about them being a date rapist, period, let alone in a job interview.

i still find the stuff between Lena and the guy she likes to be pretty dark and difficult to watch. (i know they referred to the guy by name at least once during the episode but idr what is was.)

one thing i liked was that Lena seemed to be negotiating these sexual margins - like what she allows/chooses and what she won't. so he can talk dirty to her in a way that she didn't maybe seem totally into, and cum on her breasts, but she reserves the right to be blase about it (paraphrase: 'well it seems like you want to cum there so...') or to make jokes about it in the morning. jokes that he, btw, doesn't really get/remember bc despite her claiming that he's very present with her, he really isn't. and then that shows up in her anxieties about having an STD - that it could happen in the margins, in the second where he's not wearing the condom, or in the sides that comes up. that maybe the anxieties about where she can/will draw the line in the bedroom is showing up on a literally physiological level - her health. also maybe in that weird moment in the interview where she brings up date rape even tho it's clear that it's really not interview appropriate. i don't believe that she's too spectrum'y to know not to talk about date rape with someone interviewing you that you met a minute ago. more that it's compulsive bc maybe it's on her mind?

too spectrum'y to not know* i mean

hahaa that sex scene was so great! "If you're touching yourself and you think you're going to come, you better fucking call me first" "You want me to call you?"

jesus can we ban "spectrum'y" right along with "rapey"

http://www.indianinthemachine.com/sananda2.jpg

"No."

This was a much better ep and White Sea at the end was nice as I have been listening to that a lot recently

i read a facebook comment thread saying exactly the opposite as the above reactions: 'aw crap, GIRLS got way worse after the excellent pilot'. hm.

i have never heard of this show, is it good?

yesterday this girl on mushrooms kept saying that this show was her life

. i don't believe that she's too spectrum'y to know not to talk about date rape with someone interviewing you that you met a minute ago. more that it's compulsive bc maybe it's on her mind?

Maybe, yeah. They were joking around and being really familiar right up until then which would have meant her guard was down a bit. Also, nerves.

what in the devil does "spectrum'y" mean?

That someone has some type of autism and fall somewhere on the autism spectrum. Unfortunately become fairly common to see it used it to describe vaguely awkward or socially unaware people instead of, you know, people who actually have autism. See also "on the spectrum".

Oh. That's horrible

^^^

much better + more affectionate than aspie imho

but no less assholish, sadly.

i sincerely apologize to anyone i offended by using the word 'spectrum'y'

I mentioned it above, but her character reminds me very much of the love interest Greta Gerwig played in "Greenberg," which had an awkward, passive sex scene very much in line with this show. Gerwig's character had a soul, though, and was to this viewer a bit more compelling than this goofy exercise.

all that means is that awkward unsexy sex scenes are a mumblecore trope, doesn't it?

also the upcoming 'hannah actually a vampire' twist has gone the fuck out the window

that was funny. watched the 2nd one via sidereel. i thought that opening scene was a hoot. i think doofy boyfriend is really funny and not creepy or whatever. but i guess everyone sees something different when they watch sex stuff. just that whole thing was really funny to me. "what do you do?" "I do...what i'm told..." hahaha!

lots of good lines. the job interview thing made me laugh very loudly out loud. i actually appreciate that this show isn't entirely based on cringe humor cuz while i love the brit office and curb and other cringies i get a little tired of it. this show is more about funny sentences and i'm a big fan of those.

The not boyfriend isn't so much so much creepy as he is a typical young clueless idiot.

i dunno, he's at least a little in the 'creepy' column.

Yeah. So are a lot of dudes.

Sorry. Maybe a little but I just get young self-absorbed idiot and as a result sometimes asshole from him more than I do creep.

I mean, my first reaction isn't "eww he's so creepy" it's more like "ugh what an idiot".

he can be all of the above, is what i'm saying (xpost)

yeah, sure

like i've known a lot of young clueless idiots, and didn't necessarily know anything about their sexual habits, but i think if i just met that guy in a casual social situation, i'd be like he's kinda creepy