particular concerns: “Girls”
i am having a lot of mixed feelings about this new HBO show. i hated “Tiny Furniture.” it was a poorly written, worse acted and generally self-indulgent time suck. i spent the majority of the movie shouting “do some volunteer work!” at the screen.
i also hate that this show exclusively stars the daughters of very successful people. not that children of people who are successful shouldn’t also be successful. but come on, there’s no denying the power of nepotism. Lena Dunham is not that talented. yes, i admire that she made a movie and that she’s a female filmmaker in an industry we’re forever being told is devoid of them. fine, she’s a a person with a vagina making movies (her, not the vagina - though i’m sure that’s not far off). but none of this should mask that she’s still not very good.
mostly, i hate that i will probably watch this and relate to it. and not because it’s relatable, but because it’s been designed that way. which is worst of all. all things that seek out to “capture the millenial twentysomething milieu” by setting up shop in brooklyn and making pithy pop culture references make me want to type out BARF in all caps all over my screen.
thoughts?
particular concerns: “Girls”
i am having a lot of mixed feelings about this new HBO show. i hated “Tiny Furniture.” it was a poorly written, worse acted and generally self-indulgent time suck. i spent the majority of the movie shouting “do some volunteer work!” at the screen.
i also hate that this show exclusively stars the daughters of very successful people. not that children of people who are successful shouldn’t also be successful. but come on, there’s no denying the power of nepotism. Lena Dunham is not that talented. yes, i admire that she made a movie and that she’s a female filmmaker in an industry we’re forever being told is devoid of them. fine, she’s a a person with a vagina making movies (her, not the vagina - though i’m sure that’s not far off). but none of this should mask that she’s still not very good.
mostly, i hate that i will probably watch this and relate to it. and not because it’s relatable, but because it’s been designed that way. which is worst of all. all things that seek out to “capture the millenial twentysomething milieu” by setting up shop in brooklyn and making pithy pop culture references make me want to type out BARF in all caps all over my screen.
thoughts?
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This looks self-referential enough to not be obnoxious, which was what I saw in Tiny Furniture as well. Although this...
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film-schooled:glossylalia:steviemcfly:shakespeareandshoes:...GOD netflix recommended i...
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I’ve never heard about this show/movie before. it doesn’t look completely horrible. But I’m kind of tired of watching...
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jimmytony reblogged this from synecdoche and added:
I hate this Girls hate! I was able to watch the pilot and I completely disagree with most of these comments. I was blown...
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adeandabet reblogged this from synecdoche and added:
[shrugs] At least it’s not Zooey Deschanel?
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An affront to television? Really? Have we gotten tired of saying bad things about Whitney and New Girl or something? I...
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14kgoldnyc reblogged this from glossylalia and added:
Oh fuck, this is something that’s happening? How fucking putrid. I have an irrational dislike for Dunham. She went to my...
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televisionismygirlfriend reblogged this from glossylalia and added:
^^ definite no thank you please. to this. almost fucking choking on the self-congratulatory “hipness.” also 10 bucks...
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film-schooled reblogged this from synecdoche and added:
“here’s some cash and my name and a joke about dicks.” This will be the subtitle of my (ghostwritten) memoirs.
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100yearsoflolitude reblogged this from synecdoche and added:
Reblogged for the comments which are basically echoing the discussion I am having with myself in my head about this
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synecdoche reblogged this from film-schooled and added:
I don’t think it looks THAT bad. Like, definitely not an affront to television especially in comparison to all the other...
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bricorama reblogged this from film-schooled and added:
Emphasis mine. Not what I was thinking of when I said, “All woman sketch comedy show.” TBH.
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I was overwhelmingly underwhelmed when I say the previews for this on HBO, because it looked tired as hell, and also all...
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Good God, Lemon. This
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