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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lena Dunham has some kind of blind spot for Hannah.  She seems to think it's believable that other people would fight over her, happily employ her to work with kids despite horrifically inappropriate behavior, that cute, smart guys (and girls!) would sleep with her and even want a romantic relationship with her....in general, treat her like the charismatic, lovable, upstanding, unentitled person that she is not.

It's an interesting show and I think Lena Dunham is very smart and savvy, but she doesn't seem to get how truly loathsome Hannah is. [/quote]

I think that Hannah being loathsome is kind of the point.[/quote]

I used to think this too, but in Lena Dunham's summaries after the episodes, and in the way she writes other characters' attraction to Hannah, it is not evident.  Hot young yoga instructors are drawn to her, wealthy and attractive doctors want to spend weekends with her, her friends fight over her, cute, smart, seemingly well adjusted guys want to be with her, her employer forgives her everything and is sad as she walks away.  She doesn't have much to offer yet people want her in their lives.[/quote]

I think Lena Dunham believes Hannah is "flawed" but has redeeming qualities. I go back and forth on whether I agree with this. I would say deeply flawed is being charitable. You also have to consider the circumstances of all the people "drawn" to her - I took the yoga chick thing as just using Hannah bc she was horny and picked up on Hannah's insecurity. That was very one-sided with the yoga chick trying to force her head down and then crying out of shame or something effed up. Also, the doctor guy was vulnerable, going thru a divorce, right? Then he clearly wanted it to stop but was too nice to kick her out. The principal at the school - that could just be that they were short staffed and he didn't want to hire someone new in the middle of the school year![/quote]

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