GIRLS talk (the Lena Dunham thread)

Good in Frances Ha.

乒乓, at the bottom of 6th Ave.

jeez, the first 3 episodes of the second season are pretty sucky.

It gets worse

Yeah thats nothing compared to the last 3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlkN3ShRJtA

That's the promo for Season 3.

I felt that way about the first two, but I loved the coke episode.

terrible promo btw. They make it look like a generic *offbeat indie comedy*.

Which it happened to be, sometimes, in Season 2.

yeah, true, the Ray/Shoshana "I love you" scene was obnoxiously romcom, for example. I wonder if that's the imprint of Apatow.

Something about the cocaine bit just perfectly captured the phenomenon of doing something "for the experience" in a hilarious way.

does anyone think that "bi" ex/roomie could possibly EVER have sex with a woman, multiple times?

Jemima Kirke marriage plot is ridiculous

I just hope Dunham dedicated herself to write a good story this time. I keep wondering why I should get back to those characters.

I was just saying to H that Jessa is oddly the only character I find likable.

But I still think Dunham is very funny.

honestly that stupid season 3 trailer made me very excited for the next season of this damn show

same. stoked that jessa's back, i thought she had left for good

I can't really put my finger on why Jessa. Hot obvs, but so is Marnie and I find her awful. I guess it's some cliche about being "honest about who she is" or something.

She's sort of the pure id of group

She's also quite funny, unlike Marnie.

The only bits of last season that I found at all interesting were the more extreme behavioral bits of the penultimate episodes. The finale was all kinds of terrible.

ok you've all convinced me I don't need to finish s2 before it has to go back to the liberry.

My fave bit of dialogue was

"omg he's a Republican"
"so? Clinton signed Glass-Steagall"

If you don't get close to finishing it, you'll miss the serious :-O moment w/yr boy Adam (in ep 9 iirc).

watch "one man's trash"

I liked this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlC-lm-iDCQ

Season 2 is definitely more uneven, kind of experimental in places, and has a few seriously freaky turns, especially in the last few episodes. Not as coherent or consistent as the first season, but frequently compelling in a batshit way.

Though the Season 3 promo looks like fun, it also vaguely makes it look like the last 2-3 eps of Season 2 never happened - I'm hoping the events therein don't get ignored or handwaved away too easily.

watch "one man's trash"

― johnny crunch, Monday, December 9, 2013 7:51 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

one man's trash justifies this show for another year at least

it's pretty amazing that the only contemporary television show Morbius has any time for is the one produced by Apatow, how does that even happen

He watched an episode of the sopranos once

I bought/watched "One Man's Trash" on a Virgin flight (TVs in the headrests). Didn't look at my seatmates during.

not the only one, smartass

it helps that its 'season' is 5 hours long

morbs you still watching 'dads' or did you bail?

everyone bailed, that one's on hiatus

I saw the Patrick Wilson one last night, p good

LD sure writes herself a lotta banging scenes

"I feel like I'm in a Nancy Meyers movie." Probably us too, more than you think.

through most of season 2, p good overall. One Man's Trash is good. I also enjoyed the Ray and Adam buddy picture short on SI, although I thought the dog owner's daughter read p much like a rich kid's fantasy of who lives on SI and not a real person. The internet startup feels a little unreal but I think it's supposed to be mildly caricatured, and it works on that level. The whole Adam AA blind date thing felt a little forced, mostly just a setup for LD to do that one sex scene, which was daring and important and all so I can't complain too much.

I liked the visit to Jessa's house a lot. Hannah's OCD also feels like something forced into the show, and I also feel like she tried to make the parents seem worse than they did in the past in order to make her character more sympathetic, like "see, she actually has it just as bad as Jessa." And also there's the whole thing with Marnie's narcissistic mother. Like they all need to have some sad backstory as an excuse. It's a little annoying and quid-aggy.

Was surprised to learn that the actor who played Charlie quit the show. Lol. I hope they just continue on with the show as if he never existed, never referring to him again etc a la richie's older brother on happy days

Or have a different actor play him like on Roseanne

lol his justification and Dunham's response to his quitting are both kind of douchey:

http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/news/celebrity/2013/04/05/girls-star-christopher-abbott-quits
"The world that Lena [ Dunham ] wrote was very real, especially in New York, but it wasn't as relatable for me on a personal level."

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Speaking to The Los Angeles Times, Dunham said: "I've had so many concerned Twitter followers ask: What are you going to do without Charlie?... I want to say, 'If the show Girls relied on guys, we'd be up a creek without a paddle.'"

like, dude, you're an actor

and like, dude, your fans aren't saying Girls "relies" on guys, they're just expressing regret at the loss of a character they like, you don't have to turn it into a political point

Wallace Shawn as Charlie

show of hands who will miss charlie

*crickets*

yeah I can't say it's a huge loss. The show DOES rely on Adam to an extent, but definitely not Charlie.

Not getting much play itt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68cmKBbE_gc

oh I thought that scene was really well done -- you feel almost as uncomfortable as the in-show audience

they really nail it with her singing being just good enough for her to think she has a shot at a career and not good enough for her to actually have a shot at a career. if it were actually *bad* it would be too obvious.

"The clay is dry. You can't dress like a magician's assistant for very much longer."

she has like a church voice