GIRLS talk (the Lena Dunham thread)

not even theater, not even bit parts. just a college comedy troupe --> critically lauded premium cable.

people care about that?

sterling that stuff was already hashed out in the first 1000 posts itt

i remember it in general strokes but i didn't realize quite how totally out of nowhere williams was cast.

well, she's good in it so what does it matter?

she had a prominent (ie duplass gf of the week i think) role in an episode of the league (held her own), played kate middleton in some miniseries also apparently.

lena dunham should have cast maggie smith in the role of marnie

fuckin lol

aside from hannah leaving jessa a msg and shosh goin' off on ray i really hated this tbh

it was boring

otm

otm x 2

on the good parts & the overall assessment

the previous episode should have been the finale

otm x 3

4th'd

i didn't mind it? I didn't *love* it but I wasn't upset or bored or anything. Adam running through the streets and cradling her was corny & on the nose but then again I was a little bit happy that she got a moment when she's living as an ocd hermit eating cool whip on the floor.

her haircut was very THIS IS MY MENTAL STATE and made me lol

She'll be doing "20 questions" in the next issue of Playboy.

Indiewire blurb

shes posing too

shes posing too

sure, but what about the magazine?

drat. "sure, but will there be any pictures" was the better gag.

nice.

totally not feeling the last 3 eps of this season wtf

i liked the episode. i only started watching Girls recently, after thinking it was cloying. i think marnie and charlie or what's his name are supposed to be obnoxious as fuck. but i think the representation of OCD is good and courageous, and not inaccurate. i have been in that mirror, with those scissors. it's not just a media metaphor, it's a thing. and i can also relate to the feeling of being completely alone dealing with an issue like this, and messing everything up with everyone. but then there's that one person. and however corny it is, dunham was dead on.

I don't care if it was realistic or not, the whole OCD thing came out of nowhere and quickly became so central, it was just poorly integrated into the story arc. dgaf about Charlie and Marnie, this is a stupid storyline. Shosh and Ray way more interesting just as characters. the final running-through-the-street thing was like some third-hand Woody Allen-by way of Sex and the City cornball shit ugh ugh ugh

well, i haven't followed the season, so i can't speak to story arc. but whereas you may not care about how realistic the portrayal of mental illness is, a lot of people do, and a lot of people are glad to see it get screen time in an industry that has been hard-pressed to do so in the past. jennifer lawrence to thread

and tbh, "the whole OCD thing" DOES come out of nowhere. like, IRL. seems like the character dealt with it heavily in the past and it was just now resurfacing. that happens. so there's that. ps believe me i never thought i'd be fighting for this show.

I thought it came out of nowhere as well but my girlfriend pointed out several times it was subtly alluded too in prior episodes. Like when she first start writing the book, a few episodes back, she took 8 concise little sips, which at the time I thought was just a silly little quirk.

okay I didn't notice that - I did just watch the whole season in the last couple nights tho

It's way better that it (apparently) came out of nowhere. Hate formulaic foreshadowing and as everyone has said, shit from your past can just resurface.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv4MapCxCsw

posted a piece of this elsewhere but the beginning is applicable imo

good response on the "peaking too soon" question

lol totally

i rescreened the 'one mans trash' ep - damn, it is so good. patrick wilson and lena too are really great in it

in my world of tangentially known young ppl, i was talking to my friend's younger sister, shes maybe like 23, & apparently all her friends hated this ep, she loved it

http://gawker.com/5993591

Gawker article calls Girls "increasingly sallow", which is either an unfortunate typo or weirdly specific, hilarious complaint

haha, maybe its a typo. people use that for, like, colorless and boring, maybe

the cinematography has been more and more yellow recently

the actors are literally bloodless iirc

the cinematography has been more and more yellow recently

someone pointed that out in the comments complete with screenshots, which made me think it wasn't actually a typo

Maybe she's just casting a jaundiced eye at the show.

increasingly tallow

perhaps the characters are becoming more asiatic

pretty clearly callow, no?

sallows humour

'Girls' Star Christopher Abbot Departs Series, Reportedly After Fights With Lena Dunham

After appearing in the first two seasons as Allison Williams' on-again, off-again boyfriend Charlie, the actor has left due to creative differences.

Christopher Abbott has left HBO's Golden Globe-winning comedy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Abbot appeared in 12 episodes of the show's first two seasons, playing Charlie, the once-and-again boyfriend of series regular Allison Williams. The pair had reunited in the finale, but their relationship couldn't survive off-camera drama.

"Chris is grateful for the experience of collaborating with Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow and the entire Girls cast and crew, but right now he’s working on numerous other projects and has decided not to return to the show," reps for Abbott told THR.

Abbott has a budding film career, which includes last fall's indie favorite Hello I Must Be Going, in which he starred opposite Melanie Lynskey; the SXSW film Burma; and the upcoming drama The Sleepwalker, which co-stars Brady Corbet.

The New York Post, which first broke the news, reports that Abbott's exit came after butting heads with series creator and star Dunham. HBO declined comment.

source: Hollywood Reporter

i met someone yesterday who said she went to a party that charlie also went to, and that charlie was a huge asshole irl

another good reason not to pay attention to continuity on the show

i think this is good news

another good reason not to pay attention to continuity on the show

oh yeah cause charlie ruled