Breakdowns: If Girls Gets A Season Four, It Will Be Even More Annoying

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Beejoli Shah

10/29/13 12:54PM

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Girls finds more ways to grate; Entourage is finally going to be turned into a movie; the latest Breaking Bad meme is hilarious; Jimmy Kimmel may have sparked an international incident.

If Girls gets a season 4 pickup from HBO, Andrew Rannels will be reprising his role as the incessantly grating Elijah as a series regular, rather than just the recurring guest star role he'll have in the upcoming Season 3. Though Rannels was previously best known for his breakout role in the Tony-award winning Book of Mormon, he's now most well known for the fact that he plays every single role the exact same way, just slightly varying his nasal pitchiness as the situation calls for it. [Deadline]
Let me be the 837th person to make a "The boys are back!" reference: Entourage the movie is on. I'm starting a futile daily prayer that Girls will not follow in the Sex and the City and Entourage footsteps. [Twitter]
While most memes are generally terrible, and Hollywood memes are even worse, I think we can all get behind this latest Breaking Bad meme: Walter White Dad Jokes. Better than the jokes themselves are the reaction shots. Watching Skyler White choke back nausea at a pun is priceless. [Uproxx]
ABC has apologized for the small human that suggested we kill all of China in an effort to relieve our debt on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Who knew a six-year old could spark an international incident? [Deadline]

Breakdowns is a daily roundup of all the news that wasn't interesting enough to deserve two paragraphs.

deadpetsociety Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 02:05PM

I thought "Girls" was the voice of the generation that Gawker panders to so relentlessly. Wasn't this site teeming with insufferable 2000 word episode recaps just six months ago? What happened?

Beejoli Shah deadpetsociety 10/29/13 02:14PM

Girls thinks it is. The recaps were always takedowns of the show, but either way, blame A.J. Daulerio. (I always do.)

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WikipediaBr0wn Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 02:20PM

I always did. That's why my comments were always deleted.

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baom Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 01:34PM

Your attitude is consistently annoying. You hate everything and you're better than everyone. We get it.

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anonhollywood baom 10/29/13 02:00PM

this. we get that the gawker sites are supposed to be snarky and irreverent, but EVERYTHING that comes from beejoli is so superior and "anti" that it's off-putting and makes me not want to read what she's contributing. i fee l like she's trying so hard to "be gawker" that her reporting and stories suffer. tone down the constantly negative attitude—you haven't earned your cavalier-ness. you just come off like the annoying hater at the party that no one wants to talk to (which you probably are in real life). bottom line: you're not cool. stop trying so hard.

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Beejoli Shah anonhollywood 10/29/13 02:10PM

Really? NBD, but four out of four things I wrote yesterday, three were either things I loved, or written straightforward sans commentary:

http://defamer.gawker.com/breakdowns-hbo…

http://defamer.gawker.com/you-can-buy-kr…

http://defamer.gawker.com/emile-hirsch-w…

http://defamer.gawker.com/heres-a-unrele…

Also lots of articles on things I've loved: television shows other people hate, precocious teen stars, 20th Century Fox's wonderful commitment to powerful filmmaking, the Christmas reboot of I Love Lucy, 50 Cent giving an audition his all, and of course, Amy Poehler, Amy Poehler, and more Amy Poehler. But tell me again how I hate EVERYTHING?

Cockadoodoo baom 10/29/13 02:14PM

She's just over-compensating for her pudginess.

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anonhollywood Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 02:18PM

yes, really. and that's a fairly elaborate reply for something that's "NBD". defensive much? you know we have a point (and my use of the word EVERYTHING is used for exaggerated effect...obvi). my opinion is consistent with the general consensus among those i talk to in young hollywood (i'm in the biz). i like your story and want you to do well, but your contrived snark is off-putting to most. consider yourself lucky people are talking about you at all. that won't last unless the haterade-induced tone changes. holla.

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This Is A Dead Account Cockadoodoo 10/29/13 02:19PM

Yes, because the best way to insult a female writer—or female ANYTHING, for that matter—is to immediately insult her looks. Very original, you should be commended for your work here. Your mother must be so proud.

baom anonhollywood 10/29/13 02:29PM

Agree with everything here. She's not pudgy. Jesus Christ. My use of "everything" should also not be taken literally. Also, thanks to Beejoli for replying, but the point is that there's enough consistent, somewhat forced (intentional for style?) negativity for it to be noticeable to the group and it's just not a good read.

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yallguyshey Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 02:32PM

The thing is, I read these articles about things you supposedly "like", and they're straight-up bland nothing reporting. Just the facts. You're excited about that John Belushi thing? Could have fooled me. Your gears at defamer seem to be either "neutral" or "scornful".

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wyominghippie baom 10/29/13 02:35PM

Agree with everything here. She's not pudgy. Jesus Christ. My use of "everything" should also not be taken literally.

...but what we can all agree on, is judging a woman by her looks is totally cool, brah. Except when it is pointed out, then it's totally cool to backtrack.

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Beejoli Shah yallguyshey 10/29/13 02:38PM

"Things I loved or written straightforward."

So, no, I'm not jumping for joy at Belushi/Hirsch, but I don't know that it'll be awful. I wrote it straight. And did you read the articles I posted? By no means should you feel like you have to, but if you're going to cite them against me and say you have read them, I'm pretty sure an article titled "This will make you believe in love again" or "This leaked tape is my favorite" conveys slightly more than "neutral" or "scornful." But hey, that's just me.

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Cockadoodoo This Is A Dead Account 10/29/13 02:39PM

The truth is a cruel mistress.

In all seriousness, though, Defamer takes the snark to a whole new level. Sometimes that bleeds over into hate. I have to problem with Beejoli. I enjoy the negativity.

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wcleaverkgb Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 02:39PM

Man, Beejoli—I don't have a clue what hollywoodanon's rant was all about, unless somebody stole their kombucha from the fridge again or ate the last Oreo. But did he/she (I can't discern exactly) really just end a comment with "holla," circa 2005? This individual doesn't need to be deciding who's cool.

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baom wyominghippie 10/29/13 03:08PM

Yeah, sorry, my comment was super poorly written in a rush. For clarity, I meant that I literally agreed with everything anonhollywood write in the post following Beejoli's response, that my use of "everything" in my original post was for emphasis. Beejoli is not pudgy, calling her such is misogynist and unacceptable because not only is it incorrect, but it's also the sort of dick move that no one would ever pull on a male writer when trying to discuss their writing.

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wyominghippie baom 10/29/13 03:59PM

Public contrition is great, but I'd send your apologies here.

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It was a Mud Shark, not a Red Snapper anonhollywood 10/29/13 04:30PM

I'm curious as to what you do in the biz? If you hang around people who talk about a Gawker writer, I'm guessing you're not a celebrity. Assistant publicist?

I'll keep guessing and you tell me hot/cold.

anonhollywood It was a Mud Shark, not a Red Snapper 10/29/13 05:46PM

ha. definitely not a celebrity!

Cockadoodoo This Is A Dead Account 10/29/13 09:00PM

BTW, the amount of cliches you were able to cram into that one comment was amazing. You're an artist. :-)

Jokes.

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madtolive5 Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 02:00PM

This is exactly how i feel about every single one of your articles...

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Beejoli Shah madtolive5 10/29/13 02:01PM

Then why read every single one? Seems like an oversight on your part. :(

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SergioStamos madtolive5 10/29/13 02:10PM

Her articles suck far less than Girls.

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madtolive5 Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 02:23PM

Oh sorry let me clarify.

This is how I feel when Gawker posts an article and hides the fact that your wrote it, by using the "Shared a Post by" and then has your name in tiny font.

I do not actually read them anymore. I just am an idiot because i get duped into opening them, which probably benefits you.

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Beejoli Shah madtolive5 10/29/13 02:42PM

Same font size as all the other bylines, along with a much larger "Read on Defamer"—demarcated in a helpful bright red, so as not to camouflage into the rest of the darker typeface. Super, super easy to avoid! xoxo

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fandangowitz Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 03:05PM

Beejoli, I didn't care who you were until this comment. I will read all your articles TWICE so madtolive5 can get on with his life and not bother reading anymore with no detriment to you. You're both welcome. XOXO back at 'cha!

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CryssyPoo Beejoli Shah 10/29/13 01:32PM

so glad to know i'm not the only one who never liked girls. not even for a second. and i gave it an entire season to grow on me. lena dunham is why the world hates us. in order to make good with china we should just kill her.