A Man’s take on Lena Dunham’s new Risqué HBO Series

Grab the latest copy of February’s Entertainment Weekly and you will set your eyes on the cover girl that the magazine dubs as having a “brilliant, twisted mind”. That mind is the one of Lena Dunham. Not only is this leading lady dating the guitarist Jack Antonoff of the band Fun, but she can proudly show off a recently awarded Golden Globe as the writer-creator of Girls. The new HBO series is sweeping America’s television enthusiasts off of their feet with its quirky and unique yet relatable storyline. The television series had a successful first season starting in April of last year while the second season has just recently premiered on January 26th.  It seems as though Dunham attempts to portray a raw version of Sex and the City as the series follows a group of recent college students and graduates navigating New York City while trying to find themselves through complex love affairs, relationships and typical adult life experiences.

            While some viewers may be taken aback by the show’s shameless tendencies of drug use nude and sex scenes, many feel that these concepts are what put the show in a separate unfiltered category. These scenes are what create Girls’ realistic and relatable charm. It can be assumed that young adult women love and relate to the show but what really makes the ratings so high? Men are mesmerized as well. James Franco of the Huffington Post comments on the subject on his blog with a post that says, “[He is] fine watching a show about women dealing with men [he] would never want to be”. Because of the non-traditional characters, Girls provides the opportunity for male viewers to watch and enjoy other guy’s crazy antics with a little self-esteem boost while at the same time are able to embrace the fact that the woman characters are funny with their own idiosyncrasies as well. Franco adds, “The female characters [have] just as many flaws as the guys”.  Catch this not-so chick series on HBO on Sundays at 9. 

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