kind of a disconcerting "Friends"-like sitcommy vibe to this episode. not necessarily a bad thing but everyone drunkenly calling each other out feels a little rote at this point.
― ryan, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:51 (ten years ago) link
Also, is Danny Strong gay???
1. There was a whole Friends-related motif in this week's (excellent) episode of Looking.
2. DS is also playing a psychotic, abusive prison guard in a women's prison on the current season of Justified, if you're inclined to read into casting.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link
Okay, so a bit of wishful thinking on my part (he's kinda cute imo) but it's less of a stretch for him to actually be gay because of a role on Girls than for him to be psychotic and abusive in real life because of a role on Justified.
But yes, it's probably mostly wishful thinking.
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 00:59 (ten years ago) link
<3 this episode <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/tv/2014-02-16/203f7400-9764-11e3-bb49-8d79c730f8d4_Girls-Dance-Routine-Take2.gif
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:46 (ten years ago) link
Yeah super loved this ep. Cannot deny the power of nilsson musical routine
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
xp, actually I take back what I said, I finally watched ep 4 thru 6 and mostly really enjoyed them. Although I agree that the Ray and Marnie thing was fucking stoopid.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 03:50 (ten years ago) link
Old man ray
― Treeship, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 03:53 (ten years ago) link
Ha (or duh) there's a candidate for the "puns that you had missed" thread.
― drash, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:00 (ten years ago) link
eli's 2-faced bitchiness is next level
and i love danny strong forever <3
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:09 (ten years ago) link
I think I enjoy this show more when I stop expecting any kind of radical critique out of it. There's an Apatovian conservatism at the heart of the show.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
pretty much
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:28 (ten years ago) link
episode felt very much like a precocious college assignment.
― eric banana (s.clover), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:35 (ten years ago) link
I don't know if it's because I had just woken up when I watched it & was still kinda groggy, but good god was the pacing of this ep relentless or what?! I'm not sure I would be as charitable as Dunham, who described it as "wall-to-wall fun scenes" in her weird post-credits behind-the-scenes interview...
OTOH, it definitely captured some of the stifling feeling of a stay at the beach, so kudos
― my collages, let me show you them (bernard snowy), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:49 (ten years ago) link
"you're a cruel drunk, shosh"
― Treeship, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 04:56 (ten years ago) link
Search: real life Shosh. Destroy: every other GIRL.
And is there supposed to be some rationalisation behind the 'Old Man Ray' pun? Like...surreal art or what?
― ∞, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 06:28 (ten years ago) link
he's in his thirties iirc
― kilt by defrock (get bent), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 06:30 (ten years ago) link
Danny Strong wrote the screenplay for Mocking Jay, wtf. I didn't realize he'd been doing so much screenwriting.
― akm, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 08:01 (ten years ago) link
He also wrote the Game Change movie.
― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 08:18 (ten years ago) link
And Recount. They are both kind of dire though.
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 12:44 (ten years ago) link
The Adam/Caroline blow-up fight was kind of annoying, the way they staged it so he was on top of her at the end for like three minutes, hitting you over the head with the irony "HAHA SEE LOOK HE IS IN A SEXUAL POSITION WITH HER!" like "Oh I was in my college drama club's production of The House of Yes and I like 'taboos'"
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
or it was staged so they looked like pre-teen kids fighting
― (D1CK$) (sic), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 21:30 (ten years ago) link
http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-feed/2014/02/03/Girls-07-missionary.jpg
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 18 February 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
just watched episode 6, feels like this show has really come into its stride imo. the scene with shoshanna and the guy in the library was brilliant.
― chael, Tuesday, 18 February 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
the getting-out-of-the-city eps have always been classic and this was another.
Charlie's business failed?? is that LD having a subtle pop at the actor who played him for leaving i wonder.. wouldn't blame her like.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
Not subtle at all really, but p satisfying
― Simon H., Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:09 (ten years ago) link
It feels like every ep this season has had a dig at (the actor who played) Charlie.
― Murgatroid, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:13 (ten years ago) link
Yes it is totally unrealistic that a ridiculous startup failed, such a clumsy plot machination must be the result of petty malice
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:29 (ten years ago) link
i missed the other digs at him but i'm sure they may have been there. actually she seems pretty laidback about the whole thing
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s236/girls/news/a543374/girls-lena-dunham-on-charlie-exit-we-made-it-simple.html
― piscesx, Wednesday, 19 February 2014 05:33 (ten years ago) link
this episode was wonderful and real and it feels like she's kinda leveling all of the ill-conceived flimsy critiques ppl have made of this show
also holy shit ugggghhhh I think the dudes in this episode are literally THE FUCKING WORST type of gay men, like I cringed any time any one of them opened their mouths and one of them actually said the word "naughty" at one point and I wanted to cut my dick off and go live in a temple
― "Jiggle It" - 2 in a Zoo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 20 February 2014 03:57 (ten years ago) link
irritating shallow characters call one another irritating and shallow wow way to tackle those flimsy critiques
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 February 2014 04:17 (ten years ago) link
hmmmm, irritating shallow characters call one another irritating and shallow on a show that has been criticized for being oblivious to how irritating and shallow its characters are, hold on, let me think abt this one for a minute
― "Jiggle It" - 2 in a Zoo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 20 February 2014 04:57 (ten years ago) link
yeah i'm gonna go ahead and say that she's addressing that
maybe we should make you a diagram or something, idk, are you one of those ppl that found the end of Shutter Island satisfying?
― "Jiggle It" - 2 in a Zoo (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 20 February 2014 05:03 (ten years ago) link
i liked the dance scene and the final scene a lot.
― akm, Thursday, 20 February 2014 05:06 (ten years ago) link
i mean if the criticism is lol the writers don't know their characters are irritating then that's one thing.
but i think the more common criticism is the more straightforward "i don't enjoy or relate to these irritating people"
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 February 2014 06:30 (ten years ago) link
and self-awareness doesn't really help that one bit.
poor all those people who are being forced to watch the show :(
― (D1CK$) (sic), Thursday, 20 February 2014 06:38 (ten years ago) link
yes this is a valid response to any criticism somebody has of some cultural thing it really shows them oh boy
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 February 2014 13:50 (ten years ago) link
if you don't like a thing then you don't have to watch it, wow, think of all the time humanity could have saved had i but known this, time devoted to finding a cure for cancer or making giant rubberband balls or writing script treatment for teen movies that slyly (but not too slyly) are in fact based on shakespeare plays
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 February 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
If you find not enjoying nor relating to the characters to impede your enjoyment of the actual show, those criticisms are totally valid, but it's really really easy to stop having the annoying and unrelatable characters show up in your entertainment-holes!
(I do not enjoy or relate to the characters but I think the show is funny and the characters' traits are well-written)
― (D1CK$) (sic), Thursday, 20 February 2014 14:09 (ten years ago) link
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, February 20, 2014 1:30 AM (7 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i don't relate to THESE irritating people but as an Irritating American i appreciate being represented on television, i feel alienated by all the pleasant people on TV
― Waluigi Weingarten (some dude), Thursday, 20 February 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
i like pleasant people on tv. its a refreshing change from people everywhere else.
― eric banana (s.clover), Thursday, 20 February 2014 14:36 (ten years ago) link
I just watched episode 5 and I don't know if I can continue
― 龜, Thursday, 20 February 2014 14:41 (ten years ago) link
That was a catastrophic hole
I checked wikipedia and there are 12 episodes for this season? What could even warrant a 20% increase
I really didn't like the Ray/Marnie fight about "Africa" -- I feel like a few times Dunham has tried to subtly convey this attitude that she thinks people who have political positions about things are full of shit. Again, Apatovian conservatism.
― Burt Stuntin (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 February 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
Should I continue?
Will 6 +7 destroy what goodwill I have left towards the show
― 龜, Thursday, 20 February 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
Finishing up s2, nice to see Rosanna Arquette playing a kook again.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 20 February 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
lol shosh
― surm, Thursday, 20 February 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
Shosh has been priceless for the longest time, and she was just excellent this week.
― you are clinically deaf and should sell you iPod (stevie), Thursday, 20 February 2014 15:41 (ten years ago) link