Lena Dunham (Getty Images)
Lena Dunham has hit out at a PORN remake of her hit HBO series “Girls.”
The X-rated parody, called “This Ain’t Girls XXX,” shows a saucy version of the program’s lead character Hannah Hovarth (played by Lena, who also wrote the series) break up with her boyfriend Adam Sackler (Adam Driver in the original series) to explore sexual relationships with women.
In a rant on Twitter, Lena wrote:
Okay, I wracked my brain to articulate why I can’t just laugh off a porn parody of Girls and here are 3 reasons:
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
1. Because Girls is, at its core, a feminist action while Hustler is a company that markets and monetizes a male’s idea of female sexuality
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
2. Because a big reason I engage in (simulated) onscreen sex is to counteract a skewed idea of that act created by the proliferation of porn
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
3. Because it grosses me out.
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
It’s important to me to be honest about the complexities of having that out in the world. Love, Lena (porn name: Murray Broadway)
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 24, 2013
Lena, who takes part in multiple sex scenes in the original series, won praise for showing off her “real woman’s body.”
“Girls” has been picked up for a third season.
Read more at The Sun.