VIDEO: HBO Premieres Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’
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HBO has released a new trailer for their upcoming show, ‘Girls’, a show about a group of women in their 20′s who are dealing with life in New York.
The series, from writer-director Lena Dunham, premieres on April 15.
When the series was first announced, the comparisons to HBO’s Sex and the City and The CW’s Gossip Girl quickly arose, but from the looks of the trailer, this show will be a lot less glamorous and fashionable, and a little more self-deprecating than it’s New York-set predecessors.
The story centers around Dunham’s character, Hannah, whose parents cut her off and whose boyfriend is treating her heart like monkey meat. Her friends are supportive yet harshly truthful with her, as they all try their best to navigate the choppy waters of work, love and life in New York.
At a TCA panel in January, Dunham said that the series, executive produced by Bridesmaids’ Judd Apatow, reflects a different part of society than Sex and the City and Gossip Girl.
“I knew that there was a connection because it’s women in New York, but it really felt like it was tackling a different subject matter,” Dunham says. “Gossip Girl was teens duking it out on the Upper East Side and Sex and the City was women who figured out work and friends and now want to nail family life. There was this whole in between space that hadn’t really been addressed.”
I can’t wait. I think it looks great. It will be a nice addition to HBO!
February 22nd, 2012 at 6:04 am
All he good shows are on HBO!! This one looks great. Guess I will have another show to catch up on via DVD.