I did not like her movie (which might have been the point of it? I don't know) but I enjoyed this. Her self-insertion in her work irritates me in the way that most autobio comics do but again, that's probably the point.

I also found this less annoying than the movie and more genuine, and genuinely funny, in parts. For example.."i'm going to die...like Flaubert...IN A GARRET". Also, the insightful commentary from men on the street...these are the real things shaping the life of Girls today.

Better character development too--the dynamic between the three main girls is much more interesting than any in the movie.

I'm pretty sure I could do a killer Portland version...instead of scenes riding the subway, angsty scenes on the Max; instead of unpaid internships going nowhere, service industry jobs going nowhere; and existential dinner parties where people are much, much drunker.

@ Joneser

I agree she's pretty unlikable— but it's still the first episode, which probably means the rest of the series is about her growth from spoiled, unlikable frump to fabulous adult Ms. Joneser... unless of course she's a female Don Draper, in which case she'll stay exactly the same forever.

The Brit in this show is infinitely less annoying than her character in the movie. So far, anyway.

The motto for one Lena of House Dunham should be "What What In The Butt."