i dont think characters unlikable in entourage, and the show was pretty genuinely funny for the first couple seasons (would never call it a comedy though). Girls is not at all comedic really, and its definitely not for fans of comedy - the Louie analogy somebody made is way off.
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Stern: 'Girls' star Lena Dunham 'is a little fat girl who looks like Jonah Hill...'
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i dont think characters unlikable in entourage, and the show was pretty genuinely funny for the first couple seasons (would never call it a comedy though). Girls is not at all comedic really, and its definitely not for fans of comedy - the Louie analogy somebody made is way off.
Dark Ninja
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This is the correct answer Howard said it like such an off comment. Then he went on the next show and said he actually kinda liked the show and will continue watching it.
EightBitNate
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Just because you didn't enjoy the comedy doesn't mean it wasn't comedic. It's pretty obvious that there's an attempt at comedy. Can't remember her name, but the virgin girl's (Shashona?) entire character is pretty funny. Dunham's quirkiness is supposed to be funny, too. Sure, I wasn't dying of laughter, but I had a few giggles here and there.
EleventhDoctor
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BUT HE CALLED HER FAT
Dark Ninja
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He might have called her a pig too. He often does after calling someone fat. Then he went on how he looks like a mess as well
Forceatowulf
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I don't mind nepotism if the people are good at what they were pretty much handed in life. It is what it is and I'd do the same for my own. What I hate is when people who don't deserve it get it anyways and the people who do deserve it are ignored. That's fucked. And it does happen waaaaaay too often.
It's hard not to hate these types who start off at the 50 meter mark in a 100 meter dash and really think they're hot shit 'cause they were able to beat the others who didn't share the same luxury... Just fuck you. "But I earned it! I had to work too!" Yeah, maybe.. but you sure as shit didn't have to go through the gauntlet the rest of us did, so you need to chill with your chest thumping.
It's hard not to hate these types who start off at the 50 meter mark in a 100 meter dash and really think they're hot shit 'cause they were able to beat the others who didn't share the same luxury... Just fuck you. "But I earned it! I had to work too!" Yeah, maybe.. but you sure as shit didn't have to go through the gauntlet the rest of us did, so you need to chill with your chest thumping.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Finally, a post that makes sense.
Dude is fucking old. He's maybe slightly less embarrassing ins his transparent desperation than Snoop Dogg/Lion. I don't really have a strong opinion about Girls, because it's actually just secretly a pretty good show people like to yell about on the internet, but it doesn't make me feel as embarrassed for Lena Dunham when she exposes her body as it does when I see Howard Stern just sorta putzing around still likes it's 1998 or something.
Homeboy should either become the Charlie Rose of low-brow or retire. On the flip-side, never has a more innocuous show driven so much ranting before Girls. I mean, it's just a comedy about some un-likable characters being shitty, but with a dash of pathos. So basically, almost every comedy HBO or Ricky Gervais has ever peddled. The flipside, is this one stars entitled white women, so it's a talking point for people who don't REALLY watch it or maybe any tv. Its soooooo fucking normal and not that exciting.
I like the show, but it baffles the fucking MIND, how upset people get about a thing that is so goddamn inoffensive and/or bioler plate.
Homeboy should either become the Charlie Rose of low-brow or retire. On the flip-side, never has a more innocuous show driven so much ranting before Girls. I mean, it's just a comedy about some un-likable characters being shitty, but with a dash of pathos. So basically, almost every comedy HBO or Ricky Gervais has ever peddled. The flipside, is this one stars entitled white women, so it's a talking point for people who don't REALLY watch it or maybe any tv. Its soooooo fucking normal and not that exciting.
I like the show, but it baffles the fucking MIND, how upset people get about a thing that is so goddamn inoffensive and/or bioler plate.
Don't know where it originally came from, but it's made here, as well:
http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/girls-lena-dunham-2012-4/index2.html
Or maybe it's cuz of this.
https://twitter.com/lenadunham/status/130503446355918848
It's fucking hilarious. If you aren't laughing at the very first scene with her asking her parents for money, then maybe you aren't the target audience? How is the dirty talk with the funniest character (shirtless Adam) on the show not hilarious?
SilentProtagonist
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Hey Kim Kardashian had connections and used them, nothin'... wrong with that?
I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
Stern's unhealthy obsession with weight is starting to read like a checkout stand magazine.
Thunder Monkey
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Howard Stern?
He's barely as funny as me... and I've got a 10% laugh rate.
He's funny in the same way Rush Limbaugh is funny. Which is rarely.
Who's Lena Dunham?
He's barely as funny as me... and I've got a 10% laugh rate.
He's funny in the same way Rush Limbaugh is funny. Which is rarely.
Who's Lena Dunham?
lazybones18
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Perspicacity
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This is a really dumb image
EleventhDoctor
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No you're a dumb image.
Dave Meltzer
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It's a dumb image.
Liquidsnake
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Lol.
Supermanisdead
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RIP How to Make it in America....
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Discotheque
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Yeah I was really enjoying the vibe of that show for the most part. :/
Count Snackula
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mrplaid can eat a bag of delicious foods.
It really drives people nuts to see someone who is comfortable with themselves, who by their definition should not be.
The older I get the more I realize everyone is just a fucked up ball of insecurities.
OT: That is just Howard being Howard, he says ten times worse about himself on the regular.
The older I get the more I realize everyone is just a fucked up ball of insecurities.
OT: That is just Howard being Howard, he says ten times worse about himself on the regular.
I can get how people think it's annoying that the writer and star of the show is the only person who gets naked. "Oh man, she's naked again, shocker...."
Indeed. loved that show.
Don't hate the messenger. It's not his fault Marnie's Aunt did laundry for David Bowie.
This is baffling to me. You don't think maybe she's the one who gets naked because the alternative is telling her friends to take their clothes off and be made to look ridiculous for money? When Lena is naked in Girls it's played for laughs and deliberately not protected -- there's no effort to make her look sexy or powerful; in fact, it's the opposite. That's actually a pretty rough scene for a professional actress to do! So if I were writing the show, yeah, I think I might give myself that part, not because it's the best part but because it's the WORST part.
Her character in Girls is extremely annoying. Not in a intentionally self-deprecating, humorous, or satirical way. Just annoying and intolerable, and the show is worse for it.
From this post I can tell that you have not seen The Newsroom.
From this post I can tell that you have not seen The Newsroom.
I can smell the jealousy from whoever made this image from here, how pathetic.
Technosteve
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she's probably going to be on the stern show in the future.
Wat. One of the biggest laughs I got from this show was when she's posting on Twitter and you see she's following like 900 people and has around 20 followers. The other was the guy finding her journal and saying "Of course she keeps a journal, like all the girls who listen to Tori Amos and masturbate." Hannah is constantly made fun of.
EleventhDoctor
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Oh yeah-forgot about that.
EleventhDoctor
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Yes how brave of her.
Poimandres
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I like the show, and actually find her attractive... but her nudity can be distracting. It makes sense that she is trying to "deglamourize" herself using, but it's predictable and over used.
yeah thats exactly it
And then everybody gets to applaud her for being so bold and empowering, by not being bold and empowering.
oneils
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I don't think it's the show itself that polarizes people. I think it's the hype that polarizes people.
You listen to the hype, finally watch the show and...realise it's just a show. I guess that kind of ticks people off? I dunno.
ThisWreckage
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HBO should be ashamed for greenlighting garbage like this and Newsroom. The emotion and reaction I get from watching Girls mirrors that of when I read a Pitchfork review: "I see who you're pandering too, but goddamn this is cringe worthy, insufferable, self-congratulatory, hyperbolic, and I hate you."
I've got major issues with this show. People that are in their 20s right now have been hammered over the past five years. Massive student loan debt, lack of jobs, having to move back in with their parents, etc. This show chooses to focus on awkward sex and people that dress weird partying instead. So it ends up portraying a lost generation, but doesn't go into detail how they were lost. It's exceedingly one note, "I'm not working and things look dire for me but at least there is drugs, partying, and fucking for poor little ol' me." What a sour taste this show leaves in my mouth.
I've got major issues with this show. People that are in their 20s right now have been hammered over the past five years. Massive student loan debt, lack of jobs, having to move back in with their parents, etc. This show chooses to focus on awkward sex and people that dress weird partying instead. So it ends up portraying a lost generation, but doesn't go into detail how they were lost. It's exceedingly one note, "I'm not working and things look dire for me but at least there is drugs, partying, and fucking for poor little ol' me." What a sour taste this show leaves in my mouth.
Sweet Baby Roy
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I don't watch Girls for the humor. It's very entertaining though.
spindashing
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Damn, it still burns that the show was canned.
Ken Masters
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Perfectly explains the shit acting from these girls and how the have major roles on an HBO show
Especially the "hot" one, Brian Williams fucking daughter lolol, perfect
Rookje
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Thread on Girls Season 2: 4 pages.
Thread on the weight of the lead star on the show Girls: 7 pages
Interesting.
Thread on the weight of the lead star on the show Girls: 7 pages
Interesting.
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