There were enthusiastic raves, praising Girls for its offbeat humor and unvarnished style. There was a cover story in New York magazine, including a photo shoot by future Emma director Autumn de Wilde. Once the show had a name and a release date, the buzz went from merely loud to deafening. Then came the most symbolic accolade of all for an artist on the rise: a profile in The New Yorker, written when Girls was still known as “Untitled Lena Dunham Project.” The furor had been building for over two years after creator Lena Dunham’s film Tiny Furniture earned her a Best Narrative Feature prize from the South by Southwest film festival. When the HBO series first premiered, 10 years ago to the day, the pilot marked the crest of a tsunami of hype. Hindsight may be the best thing that ever happened to Girls.
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