The show hits a nerve? I don’t think it’s that controversial.
It has a predictably smart script: decent, tongue-in-cheek. But it’s nothing extraordinary and after a few episodes, I feel it gets subtly smarmy.
The issue is that these women are miserable self-destructive skanks who try too hard. I am embarrassed for them throughout the episodes I’ve seen.
From my limited personal experience, whether someone likes this show has been a fairly good indicator of douche-baggery in the person’s character.
No self respecting straight man should bother with this show, and, also no self respecting straight woman like me ought to either.
For me it was interesting to watch the few episodes I did, because I psychoanalyzed the mind of the writer and it was fun to find the semi obvious ways in which the creator was screwed up and miserable. It reflects throughout the show.
