Call it the "other side" of SEX AND THE CITY. HBO premiered a new show last night that takes away all of the fantasy and escape that Carrie & the Gang brought to New York City and replaces it with an incredibly sober yet very funny look at the lives of 4 twenty-somethings on their own in the Big Apple. GIRLS is created, written, and directed by Lena Dunham, who served the same duties in the independent hit TINY FURNITURE. Lena also stars as Hannah, who is two years out of college and has been working in an unpaid Intern position living off the monthly check her parents send her. The Premiere episode ends with the Parents cutting the purse strings and informing Hannah that she will be living on her own beginning immediately. We then meet Hannah's gorgeous roommate who is going through her own relationship issues with a boyfriend she keeps around for convenience sake. Another girl returns from a trip abroad and begins living with her neurotic cousin who worships her. GIRLS is fantastically funny and contains one of the most hilarious sex scenes I've seen in recent years....I rewound it twice. Judd Apatow is the Executive Producer, so the humor is pretty raunchy but I never felt it was gratuitous. The problems these girls face so far are very real and the final scene with Hannah once again begging her parents for money is both amusing and heartbreaking at the same time. Ms Dunham has a gift for dialogue and creates characters that each have their own voice and unique traits. I think HBO has a real hit on their hands. For those who thought SEX AND THE CITY was nothing but unrealistic glamour in a very fictional New York City, GIRLS will be right up your alley.
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