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<p>She’s very pretty, in a conventional way, but I think Jemima Kirke is the more beautiful girl. However, to each his (or her) own. :)</p>
<p>I didn’t like Adam Driver’s character at all in the early episodes, but I thought they did an excellent job of slowly unfolding who he really is and developing him into a more nuanced guy. The character has grown on me a lot, and he’s an excellent actor.</p>
<p>I agree with Booklady.</p>
<p>Agree that Jemima Kirke is drop dead gorgeous. Also agree about Adam. There is a lesson in there about jumping conclusions about people and about women assuming that because men are only interested in superficial relationships, there should be no delving any deeper for fear of chasing them away.</p>
<p>The Hannah/Adam story is also a classic and convincing reminder to be careful what you wish for…</p>
<p>Yes Hanna. I actually thought of that relationship when reading the thread started by a 24 year old who is concerned about being an old maid.</p>
<p>I should have written I agree with booklady in post 22.</p>
<p>Right now…post 21, I prefer Allison Williams, but I reserve the right to change my mind. Jemima Kirke is gorgeous too.</p>
<p>I may eventually like Mamet’s daughter best. There is something about her character I like, maybe her vulnerability. I say this as long as she doesn’t talk too much. :)</p>
<p>Watched the show and Lena Dunham’s first film “Tiny Furniture”. Enjoyed some aspects, such as the character of the boyfriend, but couldn’t get past the narcissism. Frankly, the girls’ lives aren’t that interesting. Found the show more sad than funny. REALLY hated the movie. Too much privilege and overwhelming self-absorption.</p>
<p>I liked it. Sat down and watched all 10 episodes one week. It reminded me of where my friends and I were at emotionally and intellectually at that age which for the most part was in a fairly "self-absorbed’ state most of the time. Some things never change. I thought the relationship with Lena and her boyfriend was a touch oddly written, I think she could have developed out that story line in a different way and not relied so heavily on the sexual minutia.</p>
<p>I liked it, also, and having moved to NYC after I graduated college 30 <em>cough cough</em> years ago, I can relate. Things haven’t changed that much, except we didn’t have cell phones. ;)</p>
<p>dstrak- Watch Louie.
You will like since you like Girls.</p>
<p>Batllo, thanks.</p>
<p>Before she graduated, my D mentioned this show. Somehow I don’t find myself intrigued. </p>
<p>I have a nephew living in my Aunts house in Brooklyn, that I imagine would be the “bizarro” version of this show.</p>
<p>I tend to like well-made shows that show the unvarnished ugliness of human frailty in all its glory. Every foolish, self-destructive mistake a Girls character has made so far is one I’ve recognized from real life. (Many of them, thank goodness, second- or third-hand!)</p>
<p>I liked the couple of episodes I have seen, but “unvarnished ugliness of human frailty in all its glory”? Girls may not be as varnished as some of its forebears, but it’s still pretty darn varnished.</p>
<p>Recently I asked my 22-year-old son what he thinks women his age want–from life, from men, from themselves. His response: “You should watch Girls.” So I did, and I’m still not sure!</p>
<p>The Girls aren’t sure either.</p>
<p>“it’s still pretty darn varnished”</p>
<p>The stupid, self-destructive mistakes are not. Obsessing over a guy who doesn’t give you the time of day, making a colossal fool of yourself in front of your boss, stealing from a hotel maid, inflicting unnecessary torture on a sweet guy who loves you, impulsively marrying some obnoxious dude you barely know in order to avoid confronting your own emptiness – that’s the unvarnished truth I’m talking about.</p>
<p>Post 38…</p>
<p>Wth? Why do girls, really they are young women, do this self destructive crap?</p>
<p>I was talking to my wife, and her mom, about twentysomething girls, and they both said the sexual revolution was a big win-------for guys.</p>
<p>This sexual freedom stuff… Having sex with whomever, that is guy stuff.
Women really, really, want more in a relationship, right? Women want monogamy and commitment. Guys just want to spray.</p>
<p>I’m guilty of post 38’s item 4 lol…Dstark for some women it’s more than that… we want an exciting monogamous committed relationship and not a boring, dull monogamous one…</p>