Girls

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Anonymous wrote:I'm 35. I enjoy it. I used to live in NYC and like seeing the locations they feature. The writing and acting is strong, the music is great, and I really like Lena Dunham. Shosh is generally annoying but I enjoyed this most recent ep with her in Japan - actually it made me want to visit Japan someday.

I know Marnie is supposed to be the great beauty in the cast but I can't get over how good Jessa looks in recent episodes. She is just glowing. I think she and Adam make a great couple.

I was thinking that about Jessa too. Not sure what's with her but she looks lovely.

And Lena Dunham is just gross. The hair, the clothes, the attitude - ugh.

To me, Jessa has always been the clear beauty on the show. I love her look, style, and character.

Agree. She really stands out to me as the enigmatic lovely. I'm only watching the older episodes, so had no idea the Jessa I'm seeing is pre/post partum, but that doesn't even matter. She looks good in her skin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ancient one here, at 55.

Right behind you at 54. Like a train wreck - can't look away

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Anonymous wrote:Uh what was with Hannah full frontal in the more recent ep? None of these guys would go for her - she's repulsive. And before someone says it is her weight - it's not. It's her general slovenliness.

Can you be more specific?

NP here. I agree that Hannah's slovenliness is more off-putting than her weight: her clothes don't fit properly, and she frequently wears clothes that don't work for her body type. She doesn't have a consistent "look", but dresses in the disorganized, ill-fitting mix of styles and trends one would expect from a teenager who hasn't learned what works for her body and situation. Her friends all have their own consistent styles, but Hannah is all over the place. In addition, her super short haircut doesn't suit her bone structure and facial features AT ALL. Her teeth are yellow and dirty looking, her makeup (when she wears it) is ineptly applied, and she often shows up to events in outfits that are totally inappropriate. All of this = slovenliness.

But I think the slovenliness is carefully calculated and maintained to signal the personality of "Hannah", so it is absolutely brilliant.

And "Hannah" is not aware that she is homely or slovenly, and the character's confidence is attractive to guys. I have known homely, unkempt women in real life who ended up with fairly normal, decent looking guys. It is the homely women who lack social confidence and ruminate on their own unattractiveness who don't get the guys. "Hannah" as a character is authentic, I think.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uh what was with Hannah full frontal in the more recent ep? None of these guys would go for her - she's repulsive. And before someone says it is her weight - it's not. It's her general slovenliness.

Can you be more specific?

NP here. I agree that Hannah's slovenliness is more off-putting than her weight: her clothes don't fit properly, and she frequently wears clothes that don't work for her body type. She doesn't have a consistent "look", but dresses in the disorganized, ill-fitting mix of styles and trends one would expect from a teenager who hasn't learned what works for her body and situation. Her friends all have their own consistent styles, but Hannah is all over the place. In addition, her super short haircut doesn't suit her bone structure and facial features AT ALL. Her teeth are yellow and dirty looking, her makeup (when she wears it) is ineptly applied, and she often shows up to events in outfits that are totally inappropriate. All of this = slovenliness.

But I think the slovenliness is carefully calculated and maintained to signal the personality of "Hannah", so it is absolutely brilliant.

And "Hannah" is not aware that she is homely or slovenly, and the character's confidence is attractive to guys. I have known homely, unkempt women in real life who ended up with fairly normal, decent looking guys. It is the homely women who lack social confidence and ruminate on their own unattractiveness who don't get the guys. "Hannah" as a character is authentic, I think.

Well said.
I'm curious who Hannah (the perfect character as stated above) is touching nerves on? Explain your age/attractiveness/weight/ etc. and why she touches a nerve.
I'm more of the Sex and the City generation, so watching Carrie touches nerves (and I'm Carrie hot!). Watching Hannah, I feel a little removed from it, I want to tell her to watch out for some things, I can/can't believe that this is how it is for these young kids, and I'm a little proud of her for being herself and being confident and blowing things off that I would have angst about. She's like a reallllly younger cousin or something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uh what was with Hannah full frontal in the more recent ep? None of these guys would go for her - she's repulsive. And before someone says it is her weight - it's not. It's her general slovenliness.

Can you be more specific?

NP here. I agree that Hannah's slovenliness is more off-putting than her weight: her clothes don't fit properly, and she frequently wears clothes that don't work for her body type. She doesn't have a consistent "look", but dresses in the disorganized, ill-fitting mix of styles and trends one would expect from a teenager who hasn't learned what works for her body and situation. Her friends all have their own consistent styles, but Hannah is all over the place. In addition, her super short haircut doesn't suit her bone structure and facial features AT ALL. Her teeth are yellow and dirty looking, her makeup (when she wears it) is ineptly applied, and she often shows up to events in outfits that are totally inappropriate. All of this = slovenliness.

But I think the slovenliness is carefully calculated and maintained to signal the personality of "Hannah", so it is absolutely brilliant.

And "Hannah" is not aware that she is homely or slovenly, and the character's confidence is attractive to guys. I have known homely, unkempt women in real life who ended up with fairly normal, decent looking guys. It is the homely women who lack social confidence and ruminate on their own unattractiveness who don't get the guys. "Hannah" as a character is authentic, I think.

Well said.
I'm curious who Hannah (the perfect character as stated above) is touching nerves on? Explain your age/attractiveness/weight/ etc. and why she touches a nerve.
I'm more of the Sex and the City generation, so watching Carrie touches nerves (and I'm Carrie hot!). Watching Hannah, I feel a little removed from it, I want to tell her to watch out for some things, I can/can't believe that this is how it is for these young kids, and I'm a little proud of her for being herself and being confident and blowing things off that I would have angst about. She's like a reallllly younger cousin or something.

+1. I am in between Girls and SITC (34 yrs).

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Did anyone see this week's episode? I'm a little confused by Dill. Is there something mysterious in his back story that I'm missing? Elijah said, "You were a cute kid" when they were in the restaurant, and something about having seen pictures of him (Dill) as a child and in Vanity Fair. Dill seemed very quiet when Elijah said that. Any insights?

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see this week's episode? I'm a little confused by Dill. Is there something mysterious in his back story that I'm missing? Elijah said, "You were a cute kid" when they were in the restaurant, and something about having seen pictures of him (Dill) as a child and in Vanity Fair. Dill seemed very quiet when Elijah said that. Any insights?

I think they're trying to give him an Anderson Cooper vibe.

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I'm not clear why Dill is famous. Maybe he was a child star?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not clear why Dill is famous. Maybe he was a child star?

He's a news guy. Totally Anderson Cooper.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not clear why Dill is famous. Maybe he was a child star?

He's a news guy. Totally Anderson Cooper.

Yes, I got that vibe too. But I'm still confused about why he looked uncomfortable when Elijah mentioned having seen photos of him as a child. I really almost thought Dill was going to turn out to be transgendered - maybe he used to be a girl?? Clearly, I was wrong about that, but it just seemed like there was something in his past he wasn't comfortable talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone see this week's episode? I'm a little confused by Dill. Is there something mysterious in his back story that I'm missing? Elijah said, "You were a cute kid" when they were in the restaurant, and something about having seen pictures of him (Dill) as a child and in Vanity Fair. Dill seemed very quiet when Elijah said that. Any insights?

I interpreted Dill's reaction as the response of someone who knows he isn't the most conventionally handsome guy, and is a little sensitive about it because he works in the entertainment industry; also, Elijah is as shallow as they come, and so coming from him, the comment that Dill used to be a cute kid could hold all sorts of sub-texts for someone who is insecure about his looks now. It was a humanizing response that made me sympathize with him. It reminded me of the way certain girls in high school knew they weren't conventionally cute, but would say attention seeking things like "I was a really cute kid. We don't know what happened", signalling their insecurity.

Elijah is a shallow jerk who really would notice his date's baldness, etc., and I think Dill knows that. Anyone who has watched Elijah for an episode knows that.

[Anonymous]

Was there supposed to be some synergy with the back and forth scenes where Jessa and Adam were having bad sex, and Elijah and Dill were having bad sex?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was there supposed to be some synergy with the back and forth scenes where Jessa and Adam were having bad sex, and Elijah and Dill were having bad sex?

I realized I'll probably get flamed for this, but I didn't quite... understand... the sex scene w/Elijah and Dill. I mean, what exactly was going on?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Was there supposed to be some synergy with the back and forth scenes where Jessa and Adam were having bad sex, and Elijah and Dill were having bad sex?

I realized I'll probably get flamed for this, but I didn't quite... understand... the sex scene w/Elijah and Dill. I mean, what exactly was going on?

I think both couples were having good bad sex. Jessa and Adam because they have chemistry and are connected through a true friendship. Dill and Elijah because Elijah loves Dill's the fame and fortune. And Dill is a power bottom who found an admiring twink cub.

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Anonymous wrote:Was there supposed to be some synergy with the back and forth scenes where Jessa and Adam were having bad sex, and Elijah and Dill were having bad sex?

I realized I'll probably get flamed for this, but I didn't quite... understand... the sex scene w/Elijah and Dill. I mean, what exactly was going on?

Agree. Men generally aren't...facing each other...how was that happening?!