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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2012, 04:59:08 AM »
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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2012, 05:26:06 PM »
I just watched the first two episodes of Girls last night, and I thought it was hilarious. I like the filthiness of it. I enjoyed Tiny Furniture as well. Ms. Dunham is all right with me!

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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #17 on: June 13, 2012, 09:10:53 AM »
I watched the first 25 minutes of Girls (up till the first sex scene).  Not enjoyable to me.  I'll try Veep in the next couple of weeks.
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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #18 on: June 13, 2012, 05:57:08 PM »
I didn't like Tiny Furniture, it was "Girls" with characters who didn't have redeeming qualities. Maybe that's more realistic, but it's a pretty boring and annoying reality.

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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2012, 04:35:06 AM »
What are the redeeming qualities of the characters in Girls, Gilly? They're all pretty unlikeable. The character Adam makes the David Thewlis character in Naked seem like a pretty cool guy that you would like to hang out with by comparison.
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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #20 on: June 14, 2012, 10:10:01 AM »
Oh yeah, the sex scenes in Girls are pretty rough. But I would say that the show has improved as it's continued.

Although the characters are often shown in unflattering ways, I don't think it's right to say that they have no redeeming values. Even Adam, in the last couple of episodes, has become weirdly sympathetic. They're young - they act like jerks sometimes! This is realism! Besides, at this point in the show, I think pretty much every character has been called to account for their bad behavior, so we can be pretty sure that the show is not an uncritical portrayal of these characters.

And even if that weren't true, there are lots and lots of other comedies that everyone loves which have nasty/idiotic/self-involved lead characters: Eastbound and Down, Seinfeld, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the Larry Sanders Show...

edit: Having written all this, I realize that there isn't exactly a shortage of Girls-related commentary on the internet. So forgive me! But I think this is one of the best things on tv these days.

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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #21 on: June 14, 2012, 10:55:03 AM »
Adam is one of the greatest characters on TV right now. It's crazy how you start to like the guy and then he does something awful, but you slowly warm up to him again and then he does it again. It's like she's taking you through the same bad relationship.

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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #22 on: June 14, 2012, 12:19:10 PM »
Realism?! I've never met a human being that speaks and acts like the characters in Girls. Am I just lucky? And where is the humor in all this? Is it funny because the characters are so self-absorbed and disgusting? I was hoping for at least a little satire on the Williamsburg hipster scene, unfortunately the show takes these characters far too seriously. 
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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #23 on: June 14, 2012, 06:49:42 PM »
I don't know how real it is, but I can place most of the main characters to someone I've known in the past. I'd say it's more like a caricature of living in the city trying to fight entrance to adulthood.

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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #24 on: June 14, 2012, 07:05:57 PM »
Realism?! I've never met a human being that speaks and acts like the characters in Girls. Am I just lucky? And where is the humor in all this? Is it funny because the characters are so self-absorbed and disgusting? I was hoping for at least a little satire on the Williamsburg hipster scene, unfortunately the show takes these characters far too seriously. 

You are Mike. It's pretty spot on, really. I've noticed that alot of people over 40 have trouble relating to it. I am not like the people on the show, or at least try not to be. But like Gilly, I feel like I've known every character once in  my life.

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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #25 on: June 14, 2012, 11:21:53 PM »
I've known all of these characters in one way or another.
I think the acting/characters are pretty strong, it feels like I've watched those characters for much longer they've actually been on the air (in the best possible way).

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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #26 on: June 16, 2012, 03:40:43 AM »
What can I say? I feel sorry for you guys. As dumb as I was in my 20s, I was never that dumb.
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Re: Should I try watching Veep? Or Girls?
« Reply #27 on: June 16, 2012, 08:16:46 PM »
Mike, YOU WORK AT WFMU!? I suggest you listen to people at the record fair or ask guest host Hatch about his neighbors.