We have long been victims to television shows warping our sense of reality. “Friends” did it with character Monica’s amazing apartment she paid for on her cheifs salary and Rachels fashion merchandising career, none of which were shown working for any majority of the show. “Modern Family” does it with the Dunphees living in an amazing house in a great neighborhood, while the dad is a realtor that rarely is shown away from home and the mother has no income. So when will this madness end?
Lena Dunham, creator of new HBO show “Girls,” thinks she has done just that. This new take on the “Sex and the City” plot shows what Dunham says are four girls that she thinks all women can relate to and identify themselves with the characters in this show.
After watching a preview of this show, I still don’t think Dunham has found the magical ingredient to make reality watchable. “Girls” is about four, 24 year old women who Dunham says probably moved to New York City after watching “Sex and the City” wanting in on the action. The main character is an average looking woman, off the market to a seemingly emotionally unavailable guy, works in an office yet has a nice apartment in a quiet neighborhood and still has plenty of time to hang out with her friends and hit all the hot spots of the city. Granted, Dunham has struck a more realistic cord than most, but I still believe that there is a false sense of what is achievable and what is a false cultural norm.
However, will I watch it… probably.
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