The season four premiere of Girls echoes the beginning of the series itself with Hannah and her parents eating dinner in a elegant restaurant that feels like a bad fit for the assembled parties. “To our daughter, Hannah,” her father (Peter Scolari) says leading into a vaguely creepy and inappropriate toast. “So slow to grow, …
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TV News: Weekly Recap (1/4 – 1/10)
The biggest news items from the last week including stories on Guillermo del Toro, Alex Gibney, Frank Sinatra, Roots, Matt Bomer, Montgomery Clift, George Clooney, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lena Dunham, Ted Danson, Patrick Wilson, Jean Smart, Nick Offerman, Brad Garret, Kieran Culkin, John Travolta, Ryan Murphy, OJ Simpson, Fargo, The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, Girls
Making the Case for “Girls” Season 3
[Ed. Please welcome the first of what will hopefully be many contributions from Clarence Moye (@chmoye). There’s no new girls tonight, but it’s a perfect time to look back at how this season went.] “Guys, we’re so disconnected now. I thought that this would be a good opportunity to have fun together and prove to …
Girls Finale Gives Hannah a Definitive Choice – So Simple, So Controversial
Last night’s episode of Girls seemed to upset the apple cart yet again as Hannah Horvath has the nerve to contemplate leaving her hot boyfriend Adam for Iowa’s writing workshop. Some will complain that the show is too unrealistic. After all, society has long since put “overweight” girls in their place. This is who …
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Lena Dunham on Bill Simmons’ “BS Report”
Some of you can barely take Lena Dunham for 25 minutes on her show, but you people can suck it. Here she is for a whole hour talking about eBay, Lilith Fair, Girls backlash, getting fired, her Vogue photos, her favorite blog, the paucity of female showrunners and oh so much more. Enjoy. (via: TOH)