I haven’t started “Girls” yet, but I’m as annoyed by the hater-backlash as I am upset by its supposed problems depicting Race/Gender/Class etc. I HAVE seen the original UK version of “Shameless,” however, and loved it. I think anyone who grew up in a “complex” and babysat for neighbors that were almost your age, will empathize with the show’s characters if not identify with having a deadbeat alcoholic dad who boosts car stereos when he’s sober.
This Nation editorial compares Girls to Shameless and spells out the difference between being broke and being poor, and does it very well.
