I think it's cause we learned something deeper about his character, namely that he suffers from something like panic attacks. Also, nice callback to "Wedding" where he first confessed to loving bubbles.

I think it's cause we learned something deeper about his character, namely that he suffers from something like panic attacks. Also, nice callback to "Wedding" where he first confessed to loving bubbles.

Well, the privileged background argument is addressed pretty well by K.Thrace in this comment: http://www.avclub.com/artic…

Well, the privileged background argument is addressed pretty well by K.Thrace in this comment: http://www.avclub.com/artic…

My film friends laugh at the "my first film I made all by myself on my laptop" nature of those credits, not because they secretly know that those things are not true.

My film friends laugh at the "my first film I made all by myself on my laptop" nature of those credits, not because they secretly know that those things are not true.

And yet "the actual words that are displayed on screen" at the end of every episode are: Directed, Written, Created by Lena Dunham. She's the lead actress and Executive Producer too!

And yet "the actual words that are displayed on screen" at the end of every episode are: Directed, Written, Created by Lena Dunham. She's the lead actress and Executive Producer too!

Nah she gets praise for doing it because she is seen as the creator, writer, editor, director, showrunner, visionary and auteur (and so young too! and a WOMAN!). She's compared to Louis CK constantly for that reason too. It's a notion that's shoehorned into almost every single positive comment about her and into…

Nah she gets praise for doing it because she is seen as the creator, writer, editor, director, showrunner, visionary and auteur (and so young too! and a WOMAN!). She's compared to Louis CK constantly for that reason too. It's a notion that's shoehorned into almost every single positive comment about her and into…

Blerg! I just saw the notification for this now.

Blerg! I just saw the notification for this now.

"the "voice of a generation" line was something Dunham, I would
speculate, fears that someone like her but totally lacking in
self-awareness would say"

"the "voice of a generation" line was something Dunham, I would
speculate, fears that someone like her but totally lacking in
self-awareness would say"

It's unbelievable how hypocritical and willfully dense people get when defending this show. How can you say that people who hold her responsible for that line must be humourless scolds who can't tell the difference between fiction and reality, when you ALSO said this, on this same page, a day ago:

It's unbelievable how hypocritical and willfully dense people get when defending this show. How can you say that people who hold her responsible for that line must be humourless scolds who can't tell the difference between fiction and reality, when you ALSO said this, on this same page, a day ago:

Sir Winston Douchechill,

Sir Winston Douchechill,

@LauraBow:disqus

@LauraBow:disqus