GIRLS talk (the Lena Dunham thread)

i was surprised at marnie's reaction to that idiotic thing that dude said, too.

i just assumed she is so sick of her boyfriend that anyone who is not like him will seem AWESOME and a possible escape. she's not a massively likeable character but i don't mind that.

i mean i "got" the psychological motivation and reaction it just seemed a bit... much to have her run to the bathroom to rub one out

well she's an art-history girl and he's an artist she admires, right? (i hope i'm not stereotyping by calling her an art-history girl.)

xxp i think that is what the show is saying, yes. it's just that marnie seems generally disdainful of horrible men so that moment is jarring.

anyway, this show is fun enough for me. she can kinda go anywhere with it. that's the fun part.

Yeah maybe Marnie is turned on by any sort of aggressive talk even if it's from a douchebag, since her boyfriend is so even-handed and nice. Like sex with dude who thinks he's in charge would be a great break from a dude who is probably asking "is that ok for you? do you like this?"

Grass always being greener, etc...

yeah wait until she finds out sex with everyone is pretty mediocre

well she was telling the boyfriend to be a man in the other episode.

i mean she says as much in the second episode, again i dont think the character motivations are unclear, it all "makes sense," i just think that its a weird way for the scene to be played given the way the series has (so far) treated sex

lol @ "be a man"

I guess that still sounds sexier than "have some self-confidence," though.

she fantasizes about men with self-confidence, max. nothing weird there.

I'm relieved to see people here (and Dunham) shooting down the efficacy of Jorma's sex talk. The way that line played out in the show (combined with all of the 'voice of a generation' stuff) had me worried that shit like that was secretly A Thing That Works. It was despair-worthy.

wtf is Jorma, are you using some obscure actor dude's name, I am confuse

loled at 'The Craft' - 'American History X' exchange

"american history x" was weak, but "you look like you're going to get revenge on some popular girls" was legit. sad sack boyfriend thoroughly zung hannah in that exchange with the, "go tweet that" response, too.

Jorma Taccone = "When I fuck you..." guy = Lonely Island member

he looked like Evil Jimmy Fallon

oh, shortpants

should have made him a #menswear blogger

I guess he could be normal height, no idea how tall the actress is

irl lolz at the whole fite w/the gay ex boyfriend

I was really on the fence with this show, but this last episode won me over. I do, however, still think Hannah's fuckbuddy is the most repellent human being ever.

NB: i may be over-estimating that ever so slightly, but he is so aggravatingly awful.

fell like hannahs gross bf character has been fleshed out to hang a bunch of doofieness on the monstrous frame which in a huge relief tbqh

i'm gonna have the last word here--
YOUR DAD IS GAY

Fuck buddy dude reminds me of a young Roger Waters, which doesn't do anything to make him less icky in my mind.

for some reason I thought that guy really came into his own this episode

SLOW YOUR ROLL

I suspect that he's being painted monstrously to stop contenderisers turning it into "But has anyone considered his rich inner life? Think how he feels, negotiating his terrifying sexual freedom, bound by the expectations of modern life on a young man, with no pole star to guide him except a bunch of gonzo porn and the mask of not caring about anything".

well, i mean they've done enough with him to reveal that he does have a sort of sweet and charming side of his personality, at least enough to sort of justify why Hannah puts up with him. but man, when he is awful, its just really off-putting.

guys, come on.

"my best dyke friend works for a dick doctor"

it's an elocution exercise

"my best dyke friend works for a dick doctor"

I chuckled

i'm gonna have the last word here--
YOUR DAD IS GAY

― horseshoe, Tuesday, May 1, 2012 2:04 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'he got that earring on a trip w/some of his best male friends'

yeah the ex bf conversation was incredible, made up for the brian williams jr stuff

It made me realize that as long as they make me laugh, I don't really care how daft or annoying the characters are.

lolz uber alles as always

allison williams is so pretty but she also looks exactly like her dad it's a little disconcerting

wish that the guy had leaned in and said "the first time i -- heyyyyy. you know who you look like?"

her face was placed on her head w/greater care than her dads

max, i guess u're not toeing the company line on girls?

haha i did my part

I'm glad this hasn't turned into ad hominem stuff about the actresses, that'd be unclassy

disappointed in the lack of drummer from gay dad jokes itt

this show is so fucking OTM

I had a *moment* watching the final scene bcz I have spent five minutes re-writing tweets/status updates and also danced alone in my room to Robyn on more than one occasion.

I'm guessing the 2nd and 3rd eps aren't on YT or HBO.com?

don't worry, they're being rush released onto dvd by criterion next week

You can torrent them or probably find them on sidereel or something

Yeah, this kind of lost me with the girl beelining to the nearest private room to rub one out cuz she was so turned on by the ridiculous art douche saying he’s such a MAN he will terrify her with his fucking skills. Also, the eyeroll-y “sometimes ya just gotta DANCE away the pain girlfrand” ending. Second episode was funny though. I like the goofy fuckbuddy character more than most. Mamet’s daughter’s character exists right now as a joke only, but I think she does a great job with it and is funny so I don’t care. British girl is zzzzz.

Do you have hbogo? Should be on there, if you are able to log in.