My GIRLS Mea Culpa...Sort of






A brief oral history of my relationship with GIRLS:

  • Last year I tore the first three episodes of this now Golden Globe-winning "comedy" a new one.
  • This year R finally got me to watch the last four episodes, and I mostly liked them.
  • Last week I had the below conversation with Geanna.
  • Two nights ago R and I watched the first two episodes of this season, and I wanted to take back everything I said to Geanna. The show seems to be back to its slow, meandering approach featuring "stories" that just end with people yelling annoying things back and forth.
  • Today I am posting the below thoughts because I did say and believe those things.
  • Next week I will watch GIRLS again. If I enjoy it more than this week, I'll keep watching. If I don't, I'm giving up again...until R wears me down a week before Season 3 airs...

12:45 PM me: happy thursday!
   I missed your call, but here I am!
 Geanna: and to you!!!
  did you get my message????
 me: I didn't - my iphone is being weird
  is someone else engaged??
 Geanna: holy shit
  no
  it's even better
12:46 PM and more earth shattering
 me: what could be??
 Geanna: I WATCHED GIRLS
 me:
OH...
  guess what...
  so did I...
 Geanna: AND I LIKED IT
 me: I watched all the episodes I didn't watch
  AND I SORT OF LIKED IT TOO
 Geanna: i LAUGHED OUT LOUD
 me: me too...
  I was really upset about it at first
12:47 PM I didn't even tell anyone
  obviously
12:48 PM Geanna: i called you first, obviously
12:49 PM and then i felt like i needed to tell everyone because i have never been so wrong about something before
 me: well, let's calm down for a moment here
  we weren't WRONG
  the first few episodes had some miserable moments
  it was trying SO hard
  then, in my opinion, they calmed down and got more real
12:50 PM Geanna: yeah i mean i think introducing all of the characters makes it seem like way too much
  but they kind of ease into it
 me: insider info: this corresponded with the arrival of a proper show runner, but that's just me being a bitch about Lena Dunham's ability to run a show at 20-whatever
12:51 PM Geanna: ahhhhh interesting!
  anyway, im still in shock that I enjoyed it
 me: same
 Geanna: the episode where they go to the party was hilarious
 me: I thought some important things were discussed, and bravely
12:52 PM that was my turning point too
  uugghh and R said it would be
  and I was like, nope, sorry, never watching it
 Geanna: HAHAHAHA
 me: I haven't seen this season's premiere yet
 Geanna: me neither
12:53 PM me: I haven't heard much about it
 Geanna: mariel saw it, she said nothing really happened
 me: so maybe they're back to their old tricks
 Geanna: we shall see
 me: I mean, it's still FAR from my NY experience
  but it got less annoying about itself
12:54 PM we can only hope that it keeps it up
12:55 PM because obviously we are a critical mass of their viewing audience
 Geanna: the things that were completely horrible to me:
  when that girl goes into the bathroom and HAS TO masturbate?!
  are you kidding me?!
 me: ugh, right
  that was annoying
 Geanna: and also i dont get how adam just suddenly falls in love with hannah
 me: also that guy who was like, "you're going to have sex with me."
 Geanna: yeah, gross
 me: that's also a fair point
12:56 PM Geanna: like all of a sudden he wants to be her bf
 me: we're supposed to believe he has "issues"
  apparently all of that was intentional
  a "slow burn" on the character, as we assholes here in LA say
 Geanna: oh please
12:57 PM me: it is weird, but it is now weird and less offensive to me
  before it was weird and offensive to women with brains
  and men too, especially that sad sack Charlie character
 Geanna: well, people like him exist in the world
 me: yeah, that's true
12:58 PM so do people like all the other characters too, I guess
 Geanna: yep
  i hate charlie's friend
 me: I think I met some of them in my travels around New York
  and decided not to be friends with them
  see even he is growing on me
  he's SO real
  I knew version of him
  they all worked at the Tribeca Film Festival
12:59 PM Geanna: oh lord
 me: anyway, I'm proud of us
  but I'm still going to try not to talk about this a lot
1:00 PM Geanna: HHAHAHAHAHA
 me: and I still maintain that I was right about the beginning of the season
 Geanna: that is fair
  i also really enjoy the shoshanna girl, but only because she was on mad men and a completely different character
  i respect her as an actor
1:01 PM me: I might end up posting this conversation to the blog though
 Geanna: hehehe okay :)
 me: as my passive aggressive apology
 Geanna: i like being on the blog!
1:02 PM even colin liked it
  it was just crazy all around
1:05 PM me: it really is...
  hm, that's a coincidence, not an irony
  so tough those two...
 Geanna: yeah, i couldnt define irony if you asked me to
1:09 PM me: alright - back work with me
  I'm really glad we had this conversation
  I feel a lot better
 Geanna: me too!

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