I'm going to, for a moment, ignore the extreme stupidity of equating the socio-historical and narrative significance of a rare story about a poor, illiterate, personally and systemically abused girl with that of a well trodden trope about an extremely privileged girl whose problems are boys and her job.

Well, it was funny to those who think the devastating legacy of slavery has lighter side.

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It's very interesting to me how this seems to be a regressive period in American life. I can't imagine Frank Capra making his films today, or that the Jeffersons would find a place on TV, or that even a film like 9 to 5, devoutly feminist, pro worker, and containing many representations of people of color in…

It's revealing, like Freudian train wreck revealing.

Not to mention the very good realistic representations of people of color ( not main characters but good supporting parts) and the phrase

Or, American writers of all races and economic background could craft stories about American life, not just their own lives. Is the objective world not a thing anymore?

It's normal for Chinese men of that generation and wealth to have several 'concubines'. It is culturally expected that he provide for her an d acknowledge their children. Her mistake if any was expecting him to marry her. He's a world class dick. There's no such thing as f buddy for that generation. F-ing a woman over…

Can we talk about the brilliance of 9 to 5 for a moment? Lena Dunham should watch and learn.

The homeless black guy singing a cheery song at the end was more than I could bear. Jeez, a way better and less tone deaf more accurate representation would have been homeless guy ( black white or purple) bent over with exhaustion and misery. That would have been a good, grounding image to follow the scene of her…

I seriously don;t get Condi Rice. She seems very smart, funny ( she was on 30 Rock), accomplished ( piano) what was she doing hanging around with Bush et Co.? Can someone explain this to me? I kind of get Colin Powell because he's military and they are all about doing as told but Condi Rice?

I kind of get the accent requirement. There are a lot of carribean nannies in New York ( seriously, so, so many) but why does she have to be sassy? Why can't she be depressed, or boring, or whatever. Even 30 Rock does this better. Alec Baldwin's character has a carribean Nanny who is kind of the opposite of sassy.

I hear you. It's not so much that being a white trustafarian is a crime in and of itself but where is the sense of responsibility to the world WE ( all of us Beings) live in? Not just the world " I " live in. Does Lena Dunham have any interest in anything that does not immediately relate to her? Is she interested in…

i'll try my bestest. thx!

Like Harold and Kumar but with sober girls?

How do I get out of this pink comment zone? I think I say non trollish stuff. The 'help' section is no help at all.

I had to chuckle when there was a hoopla about Midsomer Murders ( ITV) being lily white. I'm fine with never seeing anyone who looks like me on that show. If English people want to murder each other in their quaint fictional villages leave me out of it.

But it's haaaarrdddd!

Lena Dunham did a NYT " what are your reading?" column and it was all stuff about or by white women, except for a book "the consolations of philosophy" by Alain de Botton. If you know his work, it's really scraping the bottom of the barrel of Thought. de Botton's 'project' is to interpret ( dumb down) the great ( pre…

I think most people realize that life is unfair and that well connected people get breaks most of us don't yadda yadda. but the vitriol directed at this show is well deserved especially at this moment of extreme inequality. It's not just that well connected people get breaks, is that there is the perception that if…