GIRLS talk (the Lena Dunham thread)

Aha! You were right after all xpost

The very first scene is him in her butt without consent, no?

wait. what?

it is p genius that this scene comes after a scene in which new girlfriend explicitly lists what she will and will not tolerate in bed

yep

this season is p frequently flawed, & it can be frustrating to be simultaneously just floored - by the richness of Adam's AA monologue on love (or his totally convincingly embittered tweetiepie doll analogy a couple episodes back), or by Shoshanna's repeatedly awesome tightrope-walk between sorta upfront-vapid, & then just like heartbreakingly young & awesome & empowered & figuring shit out, cf her quicktalked couch speech about the anxiety over the limits on independence felt amid & between relationships - & then also disappointed, in small ways (is that what startup offices look like) & bigger ways (ray was better this week but sorta still feels more like a sitcom buddy than he ever should've been) & re: extratextual stuff (re: minority-watch, staten island resident cameo wasn't so hot either, & it's so crazy that the racism critique was formally ~addressed~ & then seemingly entirely forgotten) - but, but but but, the last couple episodes totally renew my appreciation for lena dunham. she is so important, this show is such a valuable contribution.

"her mother is gonna be pissed"

this is the one thing that bugged me about this; the girl is presumably the child of an alcoholic and yet when he orders drinks she's kind of like "ok". most people who have a parent in AA I would assume would have taken that as a bigger warning sign.

pick whatever works for you: she's had a few drinks already, they're getting to know each other, people related to and who spend time with alcoholics know that there's considerable gradations in what constitutes a binge

The very first scene is him in her butt without consent, no?

wait. what?

I mean, it's played for laughs, but doesn't the first episode have the scene where she says "Uh, did you mean to put it there?"

it does.

again that is basically what startup offices look like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5OfTPGnzqQ

"again that is basically what startup offices look like"

Certainly in SF in the late 90s, yeah (haven't been in one since, but I'd be surprised if they'd changed or were that different on the east coast).

are all the employees also part-time models tho

look at all those verified accounts

lol

"are all the employees also part-time models tho"

In SF, probably not.

There are so many pretty broad elements to the show (the startup, the shrink, etc) -- but I quite like the inconsistent mix - not sure it needs to be completely one way or the other. There are character inconsistencies (aka bad writing) which are kind of more problematic, but not too damagingly.

it wasn't so much the 'look' or layout of the startup office (tho really, nice balcony!) as the size and spaciousness, cleanliness, and just the feel that no real work was happening and also the silliness of important boss ppl always having other ppl run up to them to talk about things because obv it is a startup, time is of he essence, and the quarterly sales numbers cannot wait!

"as the size and spaciousness, cleanliness, and just the feel that no real work was happening"

Haha okay now I think YOU'VE never seen a startup.

Because seriously that describes just about every startup I've seen (certainly once money started pouring in).

i for one was not convinced because there weren't baskets of snacks lying around, also no masseusses

these days they tend to be a lil more worky than they were in the 90s

also smaller

i dunno, big lofty type space w/ people just milling around sounds about right

allison williams is dating ricky van veen of college humor, which was bought by barry diller much like charlies app was ostensibly bought by some clueless rich guy, college humor offices have a v similar vibe to whats represented in the show

i think maybe techy vs. mag/journo startups tend to have a different feel?

although 4real, i may have only been in the offices of unsuccessful startups.

well at any rate im glad to have successfully derailed this thread to focus on something important

how did they calculate an increase in their monthly average users when they've only been going for about a month?

same way he managed to hire an entire office of models

how do we know its only been a month

It was also the time period where Hannah's OCD symptoms slowly surfaced.

it is p genius that this scene comes after a scene in which new girlfriend explicitly lists what she will and will not tolerate in bed

― purp (roxymuzak), Tuesday, March 12, 2013 11:28 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

clever writing too that he didnt break any of her rules

otm

but i had to go back and check, haw

http://www.theonion.com/articles/next-episode-of-girls-to-feature-lena-dunham-shitt,31661/

is there anything on this show dissimilar from true crimes ppl have posted about here from their lives?

but i had to go back and check, haw

― purp (roxymuzak), Wednesday, March 13, 2013 8:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

well i never

tbh!!!

that "cumshot" seemed...very realistic

i know right. all I could think was 'hmm well that's a tv first if ever I saw one' lol

someone needs to update http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hbo#Network_slogans

with - 2013 - "It's HBO (now with realistic cumshots)."

Some silly clickbait from Foreign Policy:

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/03/13/the_geopolitics_of_girls

One of the new dumb-asses at what used to be the Onion did a pretty fucking awful misogynist bit o' funny about Girls. I'm not linking.

it's about ten inches up the thread

that turn of phrase made me lol

it is but one modest dildo away

I am pleased that I missed it in this thread. It's vile, and I will defend the Onion no more forever.

idk I thought the onion thing was pretty fucking funny

Also thought the same wrt the cumshot. I was like wait, is that real!?