GIRLS talk (the Lena Dunham thread)

In any case, the creation of artistic products is intrinsically an “elite woe,” regardless of the financial status of the artist; priests and poets and painters are all members of the idle class (see Plato’s “Republic,” Book Two, on the creation of the “luxurious State”). At the same time, form reflects circumstances. I remember the early days of hip-hop—I had the sense that a new form was arising to express experiences that weren’t yet widely depicted, and that its aesthetic characteristics were integral to this communication. And those experiences, in that form, proved to have a worldwide, quasi-universal power

um

Cock

yeah, there's a cable series debut and a ton of interviews, omg quick quick let's evaluate before she expires!!!
--World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius)

Seriously, why don't we hang out, dogg

I'm generally cool with narratives about rich people -- lots of time for urban culture snobs (Woody Allen types) or upwardly mobile suburban professionals (Updike) -- but a big reason Sex and the City makes me uncomfortable (NB: I haven't actually seen it) is that it seems like a show that's not just set in an upper-class milieu but actively fetishizes material objects like designer shoes and fancy cupcakes.

This has nothing to do w/Lena Dunham, whose work I haven't seen, either, but whatever.

Sex and the City 2 was about the most grotesque consumerist thing I've ever seen. And I've seen all three Transformers films.

all the people are dancin and theyre having such funnn i wiiiiish it could happen to me...

a friend of mine's wife insisted on naming their first daughter after her favorite sex and the city character so the daughter would "always have a reminder of who the right rolemodels are" :( :(

ha which one was it

ch4rlotte (she is my goddaughter btw probably shouldn't be shittalking her moms on the Internet)

the mating habits of contemporary 24-year-olds? what could be less relevant to meeee? (straight, M, F, gay, I don't care)

so you're why Hollywood won't cast black actors as leads

terrible non sequitur imho

Sex and the City makes me uncomfortable (NB: I haven't actually seen it)

jeezus man, btwn this and the 3 silent features you've seen, put down the puzzles.

Not sure what you're objecting to there -- that I haven't seen SATC or that I'm biased against something I haven't seen? I'm sure there's plenty of quality TV you've missed, and I *know* you prejudge stuff all the time.

(Also, lol @ "put down the puzzles" as a zing. Pretty much the only time I solve crossword puzzles is on my commute. Would you rather I be watching silent films on my iPod?)

just a joek

*farts*

that good, huh

Yeah, that was rough.

The scene at her internship was what I didn't like about Tiny Furniture, the back and forth is already stilted and it's not helped by the way she shoots.

thought it was p good - i think that it can be so much looser than tiny furniture is a huge virtue

lol that she was interning @ tao lins publisher

I seriously have no idea why anyone would even watch this

Why do you guys even care about this stupid looking show?

lol u like portlandia

TS: "THIS IS THE SHOW THAT FINALLY GETS ME" Vs "LOL THIS SHOW DOESN'T GET ME AT ALL"

Portlandia's a bunch of joeks. This is a bunch of people on the Internet either a) putting all their hopes and fears and desires on hoping we get our new Woody Allen ever since FREAKS AND GEEKS OMG NAILED IT or b) sniffling that its not getting the complexities of Tumblr whiteness right DUDE WHERES MY PANTS MTV(tm)

All on some show that had zero episodes until an hour ago and whoooooo carrrrres

ts watching a show because it "gets you" vs not being motivated by weird stuff like that

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The inflated sense of importance people have around TV shows is so fucking stupid right now

You're never going to run out of windmills, are you?

The inflated sense of importance people have around TV shows is so fucking stupid right now

― azealia canks (Whiney G. Weingarten), Sunday, April 15, 2012 8:50 PM (30 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

The inflated sense of impotence people have around TV shows is so fucking stupid right now

it's funny how i hate the idea of this show probably as much as whiney but he makes me want to switch sides

(probably funnier than the show idk)

I actually think it's a great idea for a show!

I just think it's so stupid that since it's about "real hipsters" and not "2 Broke Girls hipsters" or whatever, everyone on Twitter has to have an opinion about where they fit into the narrative.

your life might be longer and easier, then, if you stopped caring what "everyone on Twitter" has an opinion about?

guy who spends hours reading brooklyn-based twitter feeds angry about brooklyn-based twitter activity

your life might be longer and easier, then, if you stopped caring what "everyone on Twitter" has an opinion about?
--Kiarostami bag (milo z)

OTM

wait this show is about "real hipsters"?

is grimes a character

There was some good stuff in here. It might be good.

oh wait i just checked my twitter feed and it looks as if people like this too much.

this show is utterly fucking shit and god fuck all these people with their fucking lives and opinions and their ham-fisted attempts at comedy i mean seriously let me know if a cannon shoots out the support of a guard tower and Lena Dunham falls out and then maybe we can talk about Real F-ing Comedy.

terrible show. enunciate for gods sake

should have been father-and-stepmother. the mom made no sense

side dude (ray?) at dinner party was funny once or twice. that was about it

isn't this show about failing yuppies not hipsters

let me know if a cannon shoots out the support of a guard tower

^excellent

what replaces shoes from S&TC here?

I think I like the idea of show, gen limboy, but I have only read about it and not watched it, but I am afraid if I watch it I will stop liking it

that it's SATC influenced seems worrying? SATC's only virtue is that it will merit a lot of analysis in whatever 'fall of the american empire' tome is written in 50 years

how exactly is this 'satc' influenced' anyway. four women? that's it? four women. they all look alike huh.

well it's more like it's being groomed as the anti-SATC (complete with deliberately eye-rolling SATC references in the pilot) than that it's influenced by it, to be fair

it was aight but really, i dunno that this is much better than, like, Garden State

oof

four women? that's it? four women.

NYC, first-world problems, HBO Sunday night etc

The 2nd and 3rd seasons of S&TC were quite funny btw, before SJP swallowed the show.

satc is a p good show just kinda disturbing

2nd and 3rds seasons of SATC were excellent.

This was not as interesting as I had hoped.