Without knowing it was some sort of weird biopic, I watched the first episode. It was awful. And not funny.

Anonymous wrote:Is nobody with me on finding Andrew Scott to be looking pretty damned good in this show?! And as to be expected, he does a great job with his character, who is loathsome. Such a talented actor. Such muscular arms!

He was really funny with this character. Self-absorbed and vain. He looks great in those sunglasses though!

Anonymous wrote:This show feels so autobiographical even though it isn't billed as directly based on Lena Dunham's life. There's something about her writing that you just know she's working out her own issues. She plays the main character's sister but one of the supporting actresses from Hacks is the lead.

Sent me down a rabbit hole on Dunham's relationship with Jack Antonoff (now married to Andie MacDowell's daughter actress Margaret Qualley) and her current relationship with UK musician Luis Felber. Apparently, everything from the throwing out pillows to dog adoption and re-homing are all things from her life.

I just watched episode 5 last night. If this show is autobiographical, I have a huge disdain for Jack Antonoff (of course this is from Lena Dunham’s perspective, but we’ve all known self-centered guys like this).

Is nobody with me on finding Andrew Scott to be looking pretty damned good in this show?! And as to be expected, he does a great job with his character, who is loathsome. Such a talented actor. Such muscular arms!

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Anonymous wrote:OMG the episode with just the protaganist and the boyfriend forever in the apartment. I could not get through it. I confess that i FF the whole thing. a) it was boring band b) I was stressed about her getting up for work the next day. Is there any point to continuing?

I just finished this episode and didn't mind it. I thought it was sweet and indicative of new love. It WAS stressful about work, but I do remember being in a new relationship and putting off school and work to focus on it.

Overall, i do like a show focused on an overweight heroine finding love. Like Bridget Jones but fat not mildly chubby. I am a little "eh" about the public humiliation scenes (also a hallmark of Bridget Jones, but I'm kinda over it by now). I liked the main character especially as the series goes on and the actress settles into the role. The character is insecure but also confident, which is hard to pull off but rings true to a lot of women's experiences.

Have you seen Survival of the Thickest? Very funny and sweet, the main character is very likeable as are many of the supporting characters.

Lena Dunham is a deeply disturbed person. Whoever gave her the green light for another show should be penalized for allowing the disturbed garbage she creates into the world.

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Anonymous wrote:She's a horrible human who molested her younger sister. Won't support her.

Agree and she seems sort of nonplussed about. She is gross

Her sister turned out lesbian as well, childhood sexual abuse is the most common reason for this. How does Lena have a freaking career after this? It’s insane.

Are you people INSANE? You think a 7 year old has the capacity to be a sexual deviant? If you've got that on your mind, the perversion is on you.

If the seven year old has already been abused, yes. This is how the cycle
Of abuse perpetuates. It's "normal"
And "play". A good parent teaches kids from a very young age about boundaries and private areas. If you aren't teaching this kind of stuff to your kids, you are part of the problem

I struggled to get through the first episode.

My question: why did they make the main character so unlikeable? So immature. So obsessed with her ex. So bizarre. A weirdo-loser who comes off as a jerk.

There’s a way to have a character be witty and fun, but it’s like they opted to go another route.

Dunham did a great job helping to launch the series Industry. She directed the first episode in the first season and was supposed to be the executive producer. That first episode is so well directed and really set the tone for the show.

Kinda weird how the showrunners of Industry don't really acknowledge her. Lena does not follow any of them on IG or the Industry page. They all follow her. Clearly some sort of professional breakup. Dunham does follow Marisa Abela, the female lead on Industry.

Anonymous wrote:OMG the episode with just the protaganist and the boyfriend forever in the apartment. I could not get through it. I confess that i FF the whole thing. a) it was boring band b) I was stressed about her getting up for work the next day. Is there any point to continuing?

I just finished this episode and didn't mind it. I thought it was sweet and indicative of new love. It WAS stressful about work, but I do remember being in a new relationship and putting off school and work to focus on it.

Overall, i do like a show focused on an overweight heroine finding love. Like Bridget Jones but fat not mildly chubby. I am a little "eh" about the public humiliation scenes (also a hallmark of Bridget Jones, but I'm kinda over it by now). I liked the main character especially as the series goes on and the actress settles into the role. The character is insecure but also confident, which is hard to pull off but rings true to a lot of women's experiences.

I watched the whole thing. I FF through all the band performances and some other parts. It was better than I expected but I liked all the performances by the supporting characters better than I did the leads.

Also about people in their 20s, I don't relate to her style at all. The sailor collar dress and super short skirts. I wanted to look like an adult, especially at work. I don't understand this look.

There was a lot of filler and padding. It was too long but it had some funny parts and the stuff about her relationship with Zev was believable and sad.

Anonymous wrote:OMG the episode with just the protaganist and the boyfriend forever in the apartment. I could not get through it. I confess that i FF the whole thing. a) it was boring band b) I was stressed about her getting up for work the next day. Is there any point to continuing?

Thanks to the spoilers below! Now I don't have to continue. 🤣😎
I can't stand how they depict these "kids" at work. I took work very seriously in my 20s. I never had the nerve to show up late or blow things off. If this is real life and how people treat work now, then I sympathize with my fellow gen-x ers who are fed up.

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Anonymous wrote:She's a horrible human who molested her younger sister. Won't support her.

Agree and she seems sort of nonplussed about. She is gross

Her sister turned out lesbian as well, childhood sexual abuse is the most common reason for this. How does Lena have a freaking career after this? It’s insane.

Are you people INSANE? You think a 7 year old has the capacity to be a sexual deviant? If you've got that on your mind, the perversion is on you.

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone finish it? I did and want to discuss the ending.

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Finished it. What did you want to discuss? The meet-up with MJ? "Happy" endings? Heard Dunham did lose a couple geriatric pets.

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I hated the ending. Both sisters ended up back with guys who treated them like garbage. They were only temporarily happy endings on my mind.

OMG the episode with just the protaganist and the boyfriend forever in the apartment. I could not get through it. I confess that i FF the whole thing. a) it was boring band b) I was stressed about her getting up for work the next day. Is there any point to continuing?