{"id":482691,"date":"2022-08-09T06:52:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T03:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hbos-revolutionary-flawed-tv-show-explained\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T06:52:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T03:52:05","slug":"hbos-revolutionary-flawed-tv-show-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hbos-revolutionary-flawed-tv-show-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"#HBO&#8217;s Revolutionary, Flawed TV Show, Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e0b6134e38\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2e0b6134e38\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hbos-revolutionary-flawed-tv-show-explained\/#%E2%80%9CHBOs_Revolutionary_Flawed_TV_Show_Explained%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;HBO&#8217;s Revolutionary, Flawed TV Show, Explained&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hbos-revolutionary-flawed-tv-show-explained\/#Girls_and_Lena_Dunham\" >Girls and Lena Dunham<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hbos-revolutionary-flawed-tv-show-explained\/#Adam_Driver_and_the_Perfectly_Flawed_Cast_of_Girls\" >Adam Driver and the Perfectly Flawed Cast of Girls<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hbos-revolutionary-flawed-tv-show-explained\/#Girls_Had_Problems_But_That_Didnt_Stop_It\" >Girls Had Problems, But That Didn&#8217;t Stop It<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHBOs_Revolutionary_Flawed_TV_Show_Explained%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;HBO&#8217;s Revolutionary, Flawed TV Show, Explained&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\nFew recent television shows seem more tethered to their time than Lena Dunham\u2019s <strong><em>Girls<\/em><\/strong>. The quintessential millennial cringe comedy occurred somewhere on the Venn diagram between the tormented pathology of <em>Curb Your Enthusiasm<\/em> and the hipster utopianism of <em>High Maintenance<\/em>. In light of Dunham\u2019s recently released film <em>Sharp Stick<\/em>, a coming-of-age sex comedy, it is worth revisiting her 62-episode magnum opus \u2013 the imperfect and incendiary, but endlessly inventive and thought-provoking sitcom <em>Girls<\/em>.<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #1! --><!-- No winning ad found for zone: below first paragraph! --><!-- No winning ad found for zone: native in content! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"girls-and-lena-dunham\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Girls_and_Lena_Dunham\"><\/span> Girls and Lena Dunham<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img expandable img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.666666666667%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/Q729QdcGm9a0GJEHOl7Y4A41czexzL.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Warner Bros. Television Distribution&quot;\">\n<figure> <picture> <!--[if IE 9]> <video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"750px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/Q729QdcGm9a0GJEHOl7Y4A41czexzL.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=750&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/Q729QdcGm9a0GJEHOl7Y4A41czexzL.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/Q729QdcGm9a0GJEHOl7Y4A41czexzL.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/Q729QdcGm9a0GJEHOl7Y4A41czexzL.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img width=\"1200\" height=\"632\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Lena Dunham Apologizes for Defending Girls Writer Accused of Sexual Assault\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/article\/Q729QdcGm9a0GJEHOl7Y4A41czexzL.jpg\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Warner Bros. Television Distribution<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Just as <em>Orange Is The New Black<\/em> infused heavy drama with light comedy, <em>Girls<\/em> took the sitcom format and infused it with dramatic, often uncomfortable concerns. Its lens was more myopic than many would have liked; the show focused on a group of twenty-something, well-to-do, college-graduated white women in New York City, and it generated its fair share of controversy throughout its run, aimed specifically at its lack of representation and Dunham\u2019s selective version of feminism.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adsninja-ad-zone\" id=\"adsninja-ad-zone-MW-Reg-Org\">\n<div id=\"dynamically-injected-refresh-ad-zone-MW-Reg-Org\" class=\"dynamically-injected-refresh-ad-zone\">\n<div class=\"ad-current\">\n<div id=\"ad-zone-container-MW-Reg-Org\" class=\"ad-zone-container ad-zone-container-content-character-count-repeatable-1\" data-no-fill-collapsable=\"false\"><strong class=\"ad-zone-advertising-tag\">MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Many criticisms leveled against Dunham and the show were completely necessary and valid, but they would also serve to oversimplify the idea of the show for anyone who had not watched it and would be easily persuaded not to. Many other shows before and since have been shot through similarly narrow lenses, but they got less flack because they were created by men \u2013 and they often took fewer risks. Sure, the show was rife with missteps and offensive ideas, but so was <em>South Park<\/em> at the time and nearly every other sitcom in existence. The difference for Dunham was that she was, and is, a woman, and this put her in the crosshairs of the cultural conversation.<br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #2! --><br \/>\n<span class=\"related-single\">Related: Lena Dunham&#8217;s Coming-of-Age Catherine Called Birdy to Premiere at Toronto Film Festival<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\nIf you could afford <em>Girls<\/em> the same benefit of the doubt you would give <em>Friends <\/em>or <em>The Simpsons<\/em>, you would realize that<em> <\/em>between the HBO bump and the closing credits lay a fully realized world of complex, dynamic characters that jumped off the screen and into our hearts and minds. They were sympathetic and lonely, if spoiled and often irritating \u2013 but most of all, they were achingly, frustratingly human. And they were certainly about as likable as Larry David, if not more so.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"adam-driver-and-the-perfectly-flawed-cast-of-girls\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Adam_Driver_and_the_Perfectly_Flawed_Cast_of_Girls\"><\/span> Adam Driver and the Perfectly Flawed Cast of Girls<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img expandable img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.5%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lena-Dunham-Adam-Driver-Girls.jpg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Warner Bros. Television Distribution&quot;\">\n<figure> <picture> <!--[if IE 9]> <video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"750px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lena-Dunham-Adam-Driver-Girls.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=750&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lena-Dunham-Adam-Driver-Girls.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lena-Dunham-Adam-Driver-Girls.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lena-Dunham-Adam-Driver-Girls.jpg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Lena Dunham and Adam Driver in Girls\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Lena-Dunham-Adam-Driver-Girls.jpg\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Warner Bros. Television Distribution<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of <em>Girls<\/em>\u2019 more notable achievements was the further blurring of the Apatowian line between drama and comedy, and one of its primary avenues toward this goal was its use of casting. Characters like Jessa and Shoshanna (as played by the wonderful Jemima Kirke and Zosia Mamet respectively) might have seemed like narcissistic caricatures at first, but were soon revealed to be realistic human beings, both unhinged and vulnerable. Allison Williams\u2019 Marnie, presented initially as the squeaky-clean best-friend influence character, became one of the show\u2019s most volatile elements.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #3! --><br \/>\nSpeaking of volatility, we saw the emergence of Adam Driver as a major talent \u2013 his character Adam being a veritable chopped salad of manic-obsessive-dream-boy and borderline-abusive-hopeless-romantic. Mr. Driver\u2019s performance is so dynamic and strange that it is almost impossible to put into words. Within the varied and stellar cast lay a beguiling marriage of <em>SNL<\/em>-esque mania and nuanced character work that would epitomize the Golden Age of TV Drama. <em>Girls<\/em> was a laboratory for narrative, televisual experimentation.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"related-single\">Related: HBO&#8217;s Girls: Where the Cast is Today<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And of course let\u2019s not forget about Ms. Lena Dunham herself, the creator and star, who assembled an excellent creative team, and executed a unique, idiosyncratic, character-driven vision on a modest budget. It\u2019s one thing to stay safe and successful, and another to venture out and risk failure. <em>Girls<\/em> did the latter, and found great success with gutsy, self-contained episodes like \u201cOne Man\u2019s Trash,\u201d \u201cThe Panic In Central Park,\u201d and \u201cAmerican Bitch,\u201d which h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en to be some of the best entries in the modern television canon.<br \/>\n<!-- Zone: character count repeatable. --><br \/>\n <!-- No winning ad found for zone: word count #4! --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"girls-had-problems-but-that-didn-39-t-stop-it\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Girls_Had_Problems_But_That_Didnt_Stop_It\"><\/span> Girls Had Problems, But That Didn&#8217;t Stop It<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"body-img landscape\">\n<div class=\"responsive-img expandable img-article-item\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.5%\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/girls-hbo-cast.jpeg\" data-modal-id=\"single-image-modal\" data-modal-container-id=\"single-image-modal-container\" data-img-caption=\"&quot;Warner Bros. Television Distribution&quot;\">\n<figure> <picture> <!--[if IE 9]> <video style=\"display: none;\"><![endif]--><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" sizes=\"750px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/girls-hbo-cast.jpeg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=750&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"943px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/girls-hbo-cast.jpeg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=943&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" sizes=\"767px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/girls-hbo-cast.jpeg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=767&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><source media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/girls-hbo-cast.jpeg?q=50&amp;fit=crop&amp;w=480&amp;dpr=1.5\"\/><!--[if IE 9]><\/video><![endif]--><img width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"Cast of Girls\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/static1.moviewebimages.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/girls-hbo-cast.jpeg\"\/> <\/picture><figcaption class=\"body-img-caption\">Warner Bros. Television Distribution<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It didn\u2019t always work \u2013 in one instance, Dunham cast Donald Glover as her Republican love interest as a sideways move to address the show\u2019s racial blind spots, and only served to dig herself in deeper. But it was in spite of, and absolutely because of, such risks that HBO brought the show back five times over for a total of six seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Gimmicks abounded, superficial story threads seemed to go nowhere, and the show was not always perfect. But it always took leaps and evolved the cultural conversation surrounding it, and despite the often warranted, but sometimes unwarranted, criticism, it never got backed into a corner, and it never admitted defeat. <em>Girls<\/em>, besides being one of the most striking examples of contemporary television, serves as a great lesson for creativity and originality in TV storytelling. 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