statements about Girls

As a note, the trailer very much distorts the show in order to make it eligible for mass appeal, because in reality, the show is focused on a group of women very separate from the "mass". This is why it is not on a mainstream network.

But to address the idea that the show is not effectively representative of women: that is the point. The show is intentionally focused on a select characteristically entitled group of white women who have all grown up in particularly priviledged environments and had the ability to attend elite liberal arts institutions.

This is a reality, and definitely one that past graduates of Bryn Mawr participate in. I have a feeling that if you watch the show you might actually identify more than you like. Which is also part of Dunham's intention. I think that she wants to paint a picture of a group of women who the viewer will inevitably identify as incredibly entitled and spoilt, but then also identify with or at the very least see Girls as representing their own insecurities. Girls is about the absolute niavete with which these incredibily educated women approach the world. And the way they confront this inevitable disillusionment.

At the end of the day this show is about women who have the priviledge to consider finding themselves a valid "occupation". As a rule, the majority of people who have the leisure to "find themselves" are white (as are the majority of people choosing to attend liberal arts colleges).

Also to be fair to Dunham, Girls begins with ending of the main character's source of priviledge and the forced finality of her ability to approach the world with exceeding niavete...

I have to admit I don't understand the decision to title the show Girls, especially since it really appears that Dunham put a lot of thought into every aspect of the production. She must realize how terrible and insulting that title is...though it is apparent that the women in the show are far from adults, I think in the grand scheme of things it is a step in the wrong direction to call a show centered around naive women Girls.