Tomorrow the third season of Girls commences on HBO and as a fan of the show, I could not be
more excited to start up on one of my favorite pastimes from the past three
years. It has been a long hiatus from
the thrilling voyage of listening to people dissect every little thing Lena
Dunham and the Girls staff does or
doesn’t do. Every perceived misstep of
the lowly rated HBO show will be up for overwrought think piece articles and I
cannot be more excited. I can’t wait to
read the article about the excessive nudity by somebody who has only watched 3
episodes of the show. I am overjoyed for
the day when I will get into arguments with people saying how the show doesn’t
reflect their life and how disgusting these characters are and how my
generation sucks. Sign me up for the numerous
articles about whether Girls is
feminist/anti-feminist and racist/ not-racist.
The added bonus about reading these overwrought essays are
reading the comment sections; oh the lovely comments sections! A comment section like the AV Club is an
enjoyable read most of the time, but nothing compares to the horror show that
is Yahoo comments or any of the like (just read anything written under an
article about science). Glory be to the
Yahoo comments and their reactions to Lena Dunham’s Frankenstein creation! The unbridled hatred for her creative lens,
the joy they get from mocking her appearance, and the uncontrollable ecstasy
achieved from yelling about nepotism! It’s
all there in the king’s poorly written English next to the classic post about
making $6,000 from home and something about Ron Paul 2012 (or is that just Youtube).
Girls does not
even have to be on television to generate controversy as proven by the mad
yelling’s of Judd Apatow, decider of Hollywood morality. On the press tour for the show a discussion about
Lena Dunham’s character’s frequent nudity was argued about and subsequently discussed
in no less than 17,000 think pieces. Reading
those think pieces made me feel as overjoyed as Elmer Fudd at the beginning of
rabbit season/duck season/rabbit season/duck season/shoot me now! The season of the opinion is upon us and I
will gladly read every article and soak up every sentiment about a show that
people just can’t seem to enjoy for whatever reason.
I encourage you to watch Girls
and write an essay about it or better yet write an essay about Girls without watching it or without
watching an episode in whole. Dissect
every little moment in a show about four young women growing up together as if
it was destroying/saving all of Western civilization in a 30 minute running
time. Remember to mention something
about Lena Dunham representing all millennials and something about her being
naked. If these elements are not
included, don’t even bother writing your think piece as you’ve failed think
piece writing 101 (write about what everybody else is writing about? I don’t know what think piece writing 101
is). And remember to watch Girls or better yet, read a recap of the
episode and write a furious comment about the show somewhere.
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