I was never a fan of Sex And The City, I think it almost made me heave up every time I watched it, or more exactly when young girls quoted it or equated it with their own lives; especially as it ran dry of content and it just became lamer and lamer and the ridiculousness of it all made it banal, like a goldfish just going round in circles in a bowl. So far I have had the exact opposite feeling about Girls. The content is relevant, it is realistic, there is some truth to their stories, the writing is strong and the show hits the right topics and themes and draws you in. I don't know how long they can hold this for, but four episodes into the first series and I feel as addicted to this piece of television as I have to the brilliance of so many other television series that I have consumed over the past three years. The Wire, Boardwalk Empire, Californication, Breaking Bad, Homeland - how do they do it? There seems to be an endless supply of creativity in television that seems to have seeped out of film. Coupled with the advent of apple tv, I don't feel any inclination to go to the cinema anymore.
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