By the light of R’hllor, what a fantastic hour of television — this is Game of Thrones at its best. So many scenes this week were quietly indicative of character. We didn’t need to rely on sexposition or chatter to get at the heart of things: a simple dragging of a chair spoke volumes. Even though the show jumped around again this week and visited almost everyone (giving some, like Jon and Stannis, only a few moments of time), it still felt laid-back, accessible, and not frantic in its pacing. Time spent at Riverrun and King’s Landing and even in the woods with Brienne and Jaime was slow and thoughtful, and did a lot in the way of character building. Hit the jump for why horse-part crop circles are all the rage north of the Wall. … READ MORE
‘Girls’: Did Lena Dunham Go Too Far?
The always-controversial series took things to a new level — or sunk there — during Sunday night’s broadcast titled “On All Fours.”
Did Girls visually assault us? As a friend said, Sunday’s episode of Girls was “the most uncomfortable half-hour of television I’ve ever watched.” Lena Dunham‘s HBO series always has generated heated debate, from the protestations that she’s not the voice of a generation (a satirical line somehow made concrete) to the discussion of her insistent nudity (I think I’ve seen her breasts more than my own). There are lots of things about Girls that work, plenty of perceptive bits of Millennial culture that make us Millennials cringe with self-loathing — or laugh with recognition — but there’s also quite a bit more that makes us just wonder … READ MORE