In the pilot episode of Girls on HBO, Lena Dunham’s semi-autobiographical main character questions whether she could be the voice of her generation. If there’s anything we’ve learned since the release of Girls in 2012, and particularly in the period since it stopped airing in 2017, it’s that she was right. Lena Dunham really was the voice of her generation.
That’s why everyone is so excited for Too Much, Dunham’s new Netflix series and first semi-autobiographical project since Girls. Much has been made of the need for a new “Girls” or a new “Sex and the City”, especially for Generation Z, who are yet to have had their seminal, coming-of-age script. Unless it ends up being Stranger Things, which would be a real dud.
