Lena Dunham's Sharp Stick Is Surprisingly Sweet and Searching

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Lena Dunham's 'Sharp Stick' is surprisingly sweet and searching—and a marked departure for the director, writes Stephanie Zacharek (szacharek)

) in a cozy but unglamorous Los Angeles apartment. Treina, with her bodacious booty and expertly manicured talons, has everything she needs to sell her hotness on the Internet, so why not? But these sisters, a duo with a close, relaxed relationship, are painted as comic extremes: Sarah Jo may be 26, but with her quizzical, Keane-painting eyes and pillowy pout, she appears at least 10 years younger.

Yet there’s a reason Sarah Jo seems to have simultaneously frozen herself in a kind of childhood, even as she presents herself as a prim, middle-aged matron. Painful health problems forced her to undergo a radical hysterectomy at age 15; she went through menopause at 17. She seems to have chosen “against” sex, instead cultivating her innate kindness and patience.

Everything shifts when Sarah Jo comes on to Josh, a move that we don’t see coming, given Sarah Jo’s almost aggressive innocence. Josh seems to be a decent guy; he adores his son and is far more engaged with his upbringing than the boy’s mother is. The affair that Sarah Jo and Josh tumble into opens a world of joy for Sarah Jo. Josh is a classic man-child, but he’s at least a gentle, considerate one—until he’s not.

in 2018, after years of suffering with endometriosis—though she has also said that at a certain point the characters took on a life of their own, wholly separate from hers.is an imperfect picture—despite its title, it has very few sharp edges, and it could use a few more, or at least some mild dramatic tension—but it’s a searching one, a tentative examination of how risky it is to open ourselves to intimacy and happiness.

 

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szacharek Again why aren't you posting about the corruption & alleged impropriety at the SECGov . Yall are definitely propaganda!!!

szacharek Good morning

szacharek To me, Lena Dunham looks like the personification of a fart. A human fart, that is. Mostly her face, but her whole personality comes off equally gaseous and nauseating. That’s just my opinion, not trying to fart-face shame her or nothin’.

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