'Girls' creator fumes over porn parody


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It seems like every show has gotten its own porn parody these days, from the 1960s "Batman" to "The Big Bang Theory," so it was only a matter of time before a certain feminist HBO series got the same treatment.

Unfortunately, Lena Dunham, creator and star of HBO's "Girls," is not finding the humor in the upcoming release of Hustler's "This Ain't Girls XXX."

Dunham at least attempted to shrug off the parody, but took to Twitter to vent her frustrations. "I wish I had a better attitude about the Girls porn parody," she wrote. "I really can never predict what will trouble me and it's simply exhausting."

She continued, going on to list three reasons why she cannot simply "laugh off" the film, some more understandable than others. "1. Because Girls is, at its core, a feminist action while Hustler is a company that markets and monetizes a male's idea of female sexuality," Dunham wrote, perhaps forgetting that she has done media in chauvinist and objectifying publications like Playboy in the past.

Her second point is certainly a viable complaint, considering the awkward frankness and reality with which the HBO series tackles the subject of real sex versus the ideals of men that are played out in porn films. As Dunham pointed out in her Tweet, "2. Because a big reason I engage in (simulated) onscreen sex is to counteract a skewed idea of that act created by the proliferation of porn."

Finally, she said, "3. Because it grosses me out." Can't argue with that.

http://www.tvrage.com/news/6874/girls-creator-fumes-over-porn-parody

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