Tiny Furniture (2010)

Tagline: Aura would like you to know that she is having a very, very hard time.

Quotes about Tiny Furniture: [[Comedy; [Evolution|evolves; [Buster Keaton; [Bob Hope; [wit; [Cary Grant; [Irene Dunne; [w:Judd Apatow|Judd Apatow; [w:Farrelly Brothers|Farrelly Brothers; [power; [jest; [happy] ] ]. We long ago bid adieu to the physical acrobatics of ], the wisecracks of ], the ]ty repartee of ] and ]. The now-reigning comedy of embarrassment, seen in the films of ] and the ] and all the loss-of-virginity farces, seems particularly appealing to younger viewers, who can relate to the awkward silences of crushes, being stuck with someone who is clearly physically undesirable, or being oneself the nerdy companion of some repulsed hottie, that ] imbalance being the kernel of the ] — though by the final credits, said nerd usually ends up with said hottie. Lena Dunham’s work is related to this mainstream comedy of embarrassment, but she takes it one bold step further, producing a much more subtle and sophisticated comedy of chagrin. And in Dunham’s world, there is no ] ending, only an enlightened realism.