Lena Dunham, the creator, writer and star of HBO’s Girls — which already includes a healthy dose of (faked) onscreen sex — is NOT super thrilled about the upcoming Hustler Girls porn parody.
The explicit film, titled This Ain’t Girls XXX, follows the sexual adventures of porno version Hannah (Alex Chance) as she gets sexy with her “girls”.
It also shows her engaging in BDSM with porno version Adam (Richie Calhoun).
Now, some show/film creators might consider a porn version of their product to be a silly, sexy homage to the original source material, but Lena has some thought provoking reasons for her negative reaction…
Reasons we tend to agree with!
Read Mz. Dunham’s explanation in its FULL Twitter glory …AFTER THE JUMP!!!
I wish I had a better attitude about the Girls porn parody. I really can never predict what will trouble me and it’s simply exhausting.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 23, 2013
Okay, I wracked my brain to articulate why I can’t just laugh off a porn parody of Girls and here are 3 reasons:
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
1. Because Girls is, at its core, a feminist action while Hustler is a company that markets and monetizes a male’s idea of female sexuality
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
2. Because a big reason I engage in (simulated) onscreen sex is to counteract a skewed idea of that act created by the proliferation of porn
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
3. Because it grosses me out.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
It’s important to me to be honest about the complexities of having that out in the world. Love, Lena (porn name: Murray Broadway)
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
[Image via WENN.]
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