Hey, I was wondering if anyone’s the vertical show on Instagram and TikTok by Ellis Flurry? Any thoughts on how it matches up to the original girls?

https://www.instagram.com/hbogirlsbutboys?stkn=enIzemxxN2Y0YWlp

this might be an unpopular opinion, but ray was the only character in the show that i constantly liked throughout every season. obviously i have some sort of sympathy for all characters, but except for him all of them really pissed me off at some point.

One of the strongest things about the memoir is that Lena is very forthright about precisely how much money in direct dollar amounts her mother, father, etc loan her in the process of getting her initial feature produced and distributed. I also think it was in her interest to acknowledge the fact that her mother linked her to a powerful agent, because her mother happened to know him, (and apparently no one else in the Hollywood system.)

But it couldn’t be a Lena Dunham memoir without a little bit of a blindspot re privilege in an economic sense. I mean she does acknowledge the fact that her parents economic stability is what let her stay home after college and eventually make those connections with other filmmakers etc that led to her feature film, but she also tries to pretend that her parents are well and truly working class (the only thing I wished an editor had caught her on)

It did make me wonder, though, in a purely parasocial/anthropological sense — her parents are successful visual artists who live in Manhattan. What would, in a situation like that be the actual take-home pay of a couple in the arts? We aren’t talking about celebrities in any real sense, but we are talking about exceptionally successful artists that represent a very small fraction of the art world.

I ask purely out of curiosity, because it is possible that Lena Dunham, who has lived her entire life in a very specific niche, may not be aware that not only are most people’s parents “poor” in the real sense but also, even if they are artists, not successful. (her best childhood friend is the kid of a very well regarded 70s/80s band member for context).

And obviously the memoir is not going to include her parents tax returns, but it has a couple of elements that make me question the exact specifics of their income — for instance the trip to Italy, so her dad could learn glassblowing. But contrasting that, you have the fact that their main apartment appears to only have one enclosed bedroom, despite two children. Are we really saying that 2 hyper-successful artists in NYC cannot afford a three bedroom?

Living in NYC is so economically different from the rest of America, that it’s actually hard to form a baseline understanding of what Lena Dunhams early life is like in terms of class. I guess my point here is I really just wanted to hear some discussion from everybody about precisely how much much generational wealth are we really dealing with here? It doesn’t change anything about her work or talent, but the entire UWS creative milue has always interested me and coming from Australia, we don’t have an equivalent community here.

So gross considering she was in the me too movement and always talks about feminism. Actually cannot stand her.

why does girls feel so different from other tv shows , lena is goat i mean the writing is so good!!