So I finally
gave in and watched the first season of “Girls” over the last two weeks. Now
I’m watching Season 2. Maybe it’s part of me wanting to start seeing things
before writing them off. I did that with “The Help” last year and came away
justified in some of my criticism but surprised in other things.
When I first
saw the ads for “Girls”, I was turned off by a few factors.
1) Figured it
wouldn’t appeal to me as a guy,
2) I heard
reports this was another New York based show with very limited diversity a la
“Friends” or “Sex in the City”.
3) It felt
privileged considering series’ creator Lena Dunham’s three costars were all
daughters of famous fathers and Dunham got lucky that Judd Apatow is behind
her.
Now what do I
think? It’s a decent show about coming of age in your mid-20’s. The rub for me,
though, is that it’s a comedy in ways they probably didn’t imagine. It reminds
me of girls I went to college with and how I’d roll my eyes at the immature
things they’d do.
I can relate
to trying to figure out your life. As much as their world is far removed from
mine, there are similarities in finding your place and adjusting to
relationships. At the same time, I want the show to take me higher like Treme,
Newsroom, The Following (my new favorite show) or something else with more
depth.
