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Stern: 'Girls' star Lena Dunham 'is a little fat girl who looks like Jonah Hill...'
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dave is ok
aztek is ok
It will never happen again, dude
...i dont like you
USA = not everyone on earth.
I understand that todays media is 80% focused on shit going on in LA and New York but
I think you are overestimating his fame in the world.
SteveWinwood
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He's really fallen out of relevance as well. Why the fuck would he be a judge on America's Got Talent if he really was the king of some media empire or whatever.
The show definitely is problematic in its presentation of diversity, and Apatow's responses to that criticism (which I hadn't seen before) are also problematic. But Lena Dunham's responses have been, I think, worthy of being given the chance for the show to change. I think, at the very least, she does care and whatever she does next will be better. She obviously comes from privilege, but I think she's more aware of it than most people in her position.
I also don't think she believes for one second that she's speaking for a generation, though.
Dave Meltzer
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Pandering with token black and Hispanic characters in the show is a million times worse than the cast being entirely white. That's why we're gonna end up with a hack like Donald Glover in the show even though he's awful in everything.
yeah, i thought that was pretty obvious in the first episode where her character gets drugged out and has a breakdown in front of her parents in a hotel room.
i really dislike that lots of people can't phrase their dislike for GIRLS without it coming off as some sexist "Well if a girl is going to get her own show, then she better damn well be the best candidate."
haha Arizona... seriously hot chicks here no doubt, but in relation to the entire population of US. I am correct.
based on my expert opinion of course 
faceless007
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It probably didn't help that some of the marketing seemed to highlight that line from the pilot as if it were sincere. Which is the exact opposite of how it was actually meant.
i mean, if you're into skin damage, bleached hair, and 4lbs of make up
yeah, 'attractive'
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Haven't been to a college campus lately?
I don't know you :/
Just saying that by definition average is average.
If average is what you seek then, average is good I guess.
BertramCooper
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Lena Dunham is an odd case. I find her thoroughly mediocre, yet she seems to be weirdly polarizing.
I'm equally perplexed by the love and the hate. She's just so meh to me.
I'm equally perplexed by the love and the hate. She's just so meh to me.
EleventhDoctor
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My thoughts exactly.
This isn't controversial lol. It's a 4 page thread on neogaf.
I like Girls. Good writing, interesting set of characters, real character progression. I'm not sure why it's received as much outright hate as it has, considering the amount of pablum on television in general. 90% of what you find on network television is outright insulting to intelligence.
Hot Coldman
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This show really seems to piss people off, huh.
if i have to choose between two shitters i'd choose none at all
EightBitNate
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People look for any and every reason to hate it. It's actually really decent.
HalfBakedProphet
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Its Howard Stern, guys. This would be like trying to make a headline out of "South Park creators: hate celebrities, make fun of Justin Bieber in latest episode!"
EleventhDoctor
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Bam Bam Baklava
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That's your opinion, I thought it sucked. Also, yes she is not attractive and her body looks pretty rough but whatever don't have to watch it.
Buncha haters.
(Also, you linked to a page in an image tag.)
She got the job because of Apatow and on the strength of her earlier work. Most of the people she's recruited were friends.
This whole "nepotism" thing would be a problem if it weren't like, y'know, one of the best received shows in the past X years.
Forceatowulf
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lol I hear worse on GAF practically every day. And this is usually directed at girls most would consider downright beautiful.
EleventhDoctor
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The girl who is Mamet's daughter is the fucking worst. She was on Mad Men and stunk up every scene she was in-I looked her up on IMDB and then was all like "Ok well at least this makes sense."
Her character is good on Girls. I thoroughly enjoyed the "accidentally smoking crack" plotline.
radios shipping overview
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Dunham's nudity is about her making herself vulnerable. I don't see Allison Williams or her character making herself that vulnerable onscreen. She's a steel trap.
I like the show, but that's the truth. It's a show about entitled girls played by entitled girls. Maybe that helps the show work (and helps the characters be particularly unbearable).
I've watched the show a couple of times and I'm not a fan but know a lot of women who enoy it and can relate. I think some of the discussion about her weight, looks and nepotism is kind of irrelevant since she has shown to be a talented writer/actress, you don't like something doesn't make it bad.
My main issue with the show is their depiction of Brooklyn. I'm actually from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, hangout in Green Point, Bushwick and other surrounding areas and someone like me(Hispanic Male) is not really depicted on the show. I don't think it's a problem with this show in particular but something that is prevalent throughout most TV series.
It's sad that in 2013 we're talking about someone's looks instead of what their contributing which is a lot more important. I would definitely go out with her not on the basis of her looks but her intelligence.
dead souls
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People love it? I don't think that's a fair assessment. Critics certainly love it, but the viewer reaction has been pretty divided.
In fact the wild overreactions by critics are what have engendered most of the backlash to the show in my opinion.
If it was honestly assessed as what it is, another niche mediocre HBO half-hour (see: Bored to Dead, Hung, or How to Make it in America) that is okay to watch but far from a must-see, Dunham wouldn't have received a tenth of the criticism she has.
The that should be the actual poster if that's the point they want to get across. The average viewer isn't going to take that meaning away from the show. They'll just think it's a show about spoiled brats who want the world without much work.
EleventhDoctor
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This show is about our generation! They just don't understand how hard it is to be meeeeeee
Ludicrous Speed
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Yeah, so annoying. Why is the only girl on the show that I don't want to see naked constantly getting naked? I'm expecting more naked fat chick this season. Fat chick sitting on toilet eating cupcake
Two thirds of the US is obese and nobody wants to cop to fucking fat chicks. I love it.
B For Bendetta
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So it is basically girl Entourage?
yeah i saw he threw "bored to death" in with the others and was like woah bad taste alert!
also gotta love the neckbeards who think stern is hilarious for calling an actress fat
brianjones
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bored to death was terrible
radios shipping overview
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That is a perfectly valid reading of the show.
I'd be more worried about viewers watching the show and sympathizing completely with the characters, i.e. not understanding how flawed their perspectives are.
faceless007
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The difference is Entourage actually thought its characters were likable, decent human beings. Girls is well aware its characters aren't.
Entourage was Dude Bro fan fiction, while girls' is attempting to...I have no clue WTF the show is trying to do since I've only watched a couple of episodes.
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