“The Gays” Contest: The Winner!
By Jack Hunter
Nadja had to gently break to me the news of all the rumors surrounding these two beloved muppets. But this scene is so sweet (I love their 1950’s television set) — it had to be the winner.
Hyperbolic Vomit
Has so much hyperbole ever been used about a TV show other than Girls? Casually racist, yes, it is. Nepotistic, yes, without a doubt. But so are 99% of ALL TV SHOWS. It’s insanely hard to break into the industry without connections and/or money. At least Lena Dunham is smart, clever and honest. I didn’t love Tiny Furniture and I don’t love Girls, but I recognize that they’re well-written, well-made and well-acted.
I ‘m too put off by the whiny self-involvement to stick with Girls in the long run, but I don’t think it’s any worse than Curb Your Enthusiasm. If we’re going to vilify Lena Dunham for the self-involvement and limited worldview on her show, why not target Larry David for the self-involvement and limited worldview AND for being a raging asshole on his?
I really don’t want to read any more grand pronouncements about the show or responses to the surrounding shitstorm like Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes calling the justified response to Lesley Arfin’s repellant tweet about Precious the LYNCHING OF LESLEY ARFIN. That’s really the end game of this kind of hyperbolic vomit — equating having to weather media criticism to a tweet with BEING LYNCHED. Can we just have a Thought Catalog piece on why Lena and Lesley are actually the reincarnation of Hitler and Stalin and be done with it?
