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For the few of you who haven't watched (or read this blog before) the show is set in current day New York City and follows the lives of four women in their mid-twenties as they try to “figure out” what to do in the grey area between youth and adulthood that plagues their post collegiate years. It’s largely a show where no major events happen; we just watch these four women go about their lives in New York City.
The show is the brainchild of Lena Dunham, who made a splash in the indie film industry with her 2010 film Tiny Furniture. Tiny Furniture was remarkable for depicting the ennui of life after college with perfection; the muted tone and understated acting really brought unexpected nuance and depth to the complicated emotions depicted in the film. The themes of Girls are strikingly similar: the show has a muted and wry tone, covering disparate topics like sex, text message etiquette, and joblessness in a big city with equal amounts of detached amusement and bleak honesty. Girls is a show that deals with all the joyous, embarrassing, fleeting, and sad moments of women searching for themselves in the hustle and bustle of America’s biggest city.
Given the show’s widespread coverage, I wondered about what I could add to the Girls conversation that hasn’t already been said a thousand times over. I thought about commenting on the claim that Girls only caters to a select demographic of privileged white young women. I thought about the oft-made comparison of Girls to Sex in the City, and how the latter show simultaneously acknowledges and avoids any clear correlation to the former one. I also considered countering the argument that Girls is the voice for a generation of women. Any of these topics have been covered exhaustively by bloggers, critics, and everyday readers alike.
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If you build it...they will come.
By jasmine onThe Importance of Changing PerspectiveMay 23, 2013 2:53 PM -
I also would like to know where studio executives get their data for opening weekend demographics
By Kelley Marie onSony Head Amy Pascal on Women Directors: The Whole System is Geared for Them To FailMay 23, 2013 1:46 PM -
How is "Amy Pascal: I have begged Kathryn Bigelow to make Spiderman, James Bond anything I can
By Valerie Weiss onSony Head Amy Pascal on Women Directors: The Whole System is Geared for Them To FailMay 23, 2013 12:40 PM -
"she is hot" so she has to strip for you.... so your excuse for sexism is your sexist
May 23, 2013 5:56 AM -
if you were really interested in this topic you would know that there are countless people writing
May 23, 2013 5:52 AM
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Vickie | June 7, 2012 1:29 PM
Melissa - I've been reading your blog for some time now, and I cannot express what a useful tool it has become in my own process of navigating the entertainment industry. Access to the kind of information you write about isn't easy to come by, unless perhaps you are already an industry 'insider.' I also wanted to just say that I think this post is one of the best written posts by a guest contributer that I've seen thus far. I love that you incorporate other voices and are willing to share this platform. You are probably aware of this, but I think this blog is helping to "pull up" other women in(to) the industry simply by providing the most powerful tool of all: information. So, anyway - thank you!
SunFlowerEnthusiast | June 6, 2012 6:18 PM
I think the show is OK. I'm just not sure whether to see it as a series with a plot or like a sitcom. As for the nepotism thing, i wouldn't say any of their parents are so famous to get them their own TV series, I've only ever heard of Alison William's dad
ronni | June 6, 2012 3:41 PM
Girls is brilliant! Cut the crap about nepotism, all 4 girls are incredibly talented!
Bob | June 6, 2012 12:31 PM
That show is a piece of crap. Lena Dunham owes ALL of her success to nepotism. End of discussion.