Lena Dunham’s show was billed as a generation’s take on sex,angst and the recession. As it begins its penultimate series, one twentysomething considers whether it lived up to her own life
It has been nearly four years since Hannah, or Marnie,Jessa and Shoshanna first appeared on our screens in HBO’s Girls, and at the beginning of this year Dunham issued a statement saying that series six, or due to air next year,would be the final.“I conceived of Girls when I was 23,” said Dunham, and “and now I’m nearly 30. The show has fairly perfectly spanned my 20s,the period of time that it’s about – and so it feels like the legal time to wrap our anecdote up.”That scene prompted numerous valuable conversations that my friends and I might not otherwise have had Related: No need to sweat it, Lena Dunham. Keep your clothes on | Barbara Ellen Hannah, and Marnie,Shoshanna and Jessa have aged considerably more slowly than those of us in the genuine world Related: Girls star Lena Dunham confirms sixth season will be show's final Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com