HBO "Girls" Review

Although I usually write about music, I am obsessed with television. I will basically watch anything: Basketball Wives, Gossip Girl, Weeds, Shameless, Dance Moms, Vampire Diaries...the list continues, and takes up most of my free time. An annoying aspect of entertainment industry, or I guess in general, is hype before something comes out. It seems like every knew show "finally gets it right," and is hilarious, engaging, honest, any other positive adjectives. You hear these tag lines a lot during mid seasons replacement, the black sheep or the saving grace of a network. They are usually replacing canceled shows, but many are skeptical why they didn't premiere at the beginning of the typical television season.

One of those new shows that has been touted as "finally getting it right" is HBO "Girls." Described as the anti Sex and The City for post grad females, the show features: Hannah, an unemployed writer who is getting cut off from her parents after 2 years of a free ride after post grad; Marnie, a young professional who is falling out of love with her committed boyfriend; Shoshanna, an optimistic NYU student; and Jessa, a free spirited, traveling Brit. To rip off the criticism band aid quickly, "Girls" is about college educated white girls complaining about "finding themselves." If your only true problem is that, you are pretty lucky. "Girls" also lacks racial diversity. Many girls of all different races have similar post grad issues. But you can complain about racial diversity in every show. Girls however, is very hilarious.

Although many under rated shows are honest depictions of life, the dialogue is the stand out quality to this show. Many of the lines they say can be taken from real life, such as when Hannah explains to her parents that she is lucky she's not a drug addict, or that she said that her parents said that the family plan is cheaper for them. I'm excited to see more episodes since it is not afraid of the awkward silence that appears is real life. However, I wouldn't say this show, or any show "speaks for a generation."

Other great New York girls from this season are "2 Broke Girls" and "Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23." Both are outlandish and don't exactly mirror real life, but show key themes for any girl trying to make it in NY: leaning on friends, being broke, random jobs, the randomness of New York, and being resilient when things don't go as planned.

SIDE NOTE: Even though I didn't watch Dawson's Creek, James van der Beek playing himself is hilarious.  "You're everywhere and no where Dawson!"