![]() ![]() ![]() Levy is well aware of her own role in some of her misfortunes. Her life is a wreck because Marnie is a reckless person, and because it never occurred to her that what she saw as the pursuit of self-actualization was actually heedlessness, not just for other people but for herself. But out of all four of them, Marnie is probably the clearest archetype of privilege: She's a conventionally gorgeous, tiny white woman from a reasonably affluent family who has been so cushioned from life's cruelties that she can't even recognize hardship when it's right in front of her (she somehow manages to miss that both her ex-boyfriend and her husband are junkies).Īnd at this point in the series, as her marriage, the musical career that was rooted in that marriage and even her ability to stay in New York have fallen apart, Marnie finally has to face up to the fact that the most tangible protections that cushioned her from the harsh consequences of her own decisions have given way. All of the characters in "Girls" are designed to push highly distinct buttons: Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) is the millenial from hell, Jessa (Jemima Kirke) is a feral bohemian, and Hannah (series creator Lena Dunham) is the sort of highly irritating talented person who keeps blowing up opportunities other people would love to have. ![]()
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