Tiny Furniture (2010) - Quotes

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.

Charlotte: I think the issue is that it reflects badly on Aura as an authority figure...

Nadine: You know what else reflects badly? Walking through my party with no pants on.

Charlotte: That's a good point.

Charlotte: You know the thing about your friends? They weren't assholes, were they?

Aura: No, not at all.

Charlotte: See, that's the problem. Our people are assholes. Our moms are assholes.

Aura: You think my mom's an asshole?

Charlotte: Yeah. She's too successful not to be.

Aura: I have no experience.

Charlotte: It's absolutely fine. On my resume under "skills", I put "has a landline".

Charlotte: In high school, you were always the "I have to go home" girl. Are you still the "I have to go home" girl?

Aura: I have to go home.

Siri: Do you have the same sense of entitlement as my daughter.

Charlotte: Oh believe me, mine is much worse.

Nadine: [[Poetry; [stupid; [good; [dreams; [people; [failure; [intellect; [community] ]'s a very ] thing to be ] at. I mean, poems are basically like ] — something that everybody likes to tell other ]... but nobody actually cares about when it's not their own. Which is why poetry's a ] of an ]ual ].