Frank’s Monologue

There’s a comedy show on HBO called “Girls” and the first time I watched it I did not know what to think. It portraits this woman named Hannah who finished college two years ago and now is trying to figure out what is going to be her next step. What I mean when I say I did not know what to think is that in the first episode there is an anal sex scene pretty real but still funny. By the third episode the sex scenes just got worst but for some reason I could not stop watching it. What is so original about the show is that not only has A-class writing but also shows sex among young people as what it really is, not a sexy, formulated action but the inexperienced, weird and sometimes unhygienic mess it really is. But I do have a problem with it. I have all this girl friends who have told me the show is not just empowering but a portrait of the reality of many girls living in New York. I have a sister who is fifteen years old and I would not like her having sex with random guys or snorting cocaine while dancing a song called “I love it”. Even though the show clearly explores the universal idea of getting into the real world after being supported financially and emotionally by your parents, and even though I celebrate Hannah’s behavior, I would never want my sister to do the same life choices. That is why I have not recommended the show to her and I practically watch it in secret.