Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ follow-up ‘Too Much’ and the middle-aged millennial

From Lena Dunham's London Rom-Com to Oasis, How Britain Became Cool Again

Noel Gallagher, Tony McCarroll, Liam Gallagher, Paul McGuigan, and Paul Arthurs of Oasis, in 1993. Oasis’s reunion and a slew of U.K. TV hits—including Lena Dunham’s new London-set rom-com—are bringing back Brit culture like it’s the 1990s By Nadia Khomami In the opening episode of Lena Dunham’s Netflix show Too Much, a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London to live out her fantasy of British life and love stories. Jess is quickly swept up in he…

Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ follow-up ‘Too Much’ and the middle-aged millennial

Too Much, the 10-episode Netflix series from Lena Dunham, invites a series of unflattering comparisons to the Girls auteur’s earlier work. There’s the shared cast (Dunham, show-stealer Andrew Rannells, Rita Wilson, and beloved character actor Richard Grant all make reappearances);…

Is Lena Dunham’s latest show doing too much — or not enough — with its Jewish characters?

Fundamentally, Too Much, the newest TV show from Lena Dunham, is a classic rom-com. Sure, it subverts the genre; Jessica (Meg Stalter) is not thin and has a penchant for unflatteringly voluminous dresses, and her quirkiness goes far beyond the classic “tee-hee I’m so clumsy” level. Its leading man, Felix, instead of being generically handsome and charming, is a small-time musician with a cocaine habit, played by a moody Will Sharpe. Still, Too M…