Althouse: Maria Shriver way overreacts to Lena Dunham saying "penis."

February 10, 2017

Maria Shriver way overreacts to Lena Dunham saying "penis."

"You caught me there for a second. I’m not sure if you’re allowed to say that on television... Help, she just threw me off! … That’s the difference between generations. I wasn’t brought up talking like that."

41 comments:

mockturtle said...: What does she want her to call it? Dick? Cock? Dong? John Thomas? Skin flute? Wankie?; 2/10/17, 7:57 PM
n said...: Jimmy Wagon?; 2/10/17, 8:12 PM
n.n said...: Dunham is an alumnus of the School of Gratuitous Crudeness.; 2/10/17, 8:17 PM
rcocean said...: I mean what the Fuck? Isn't Marie a big time cunty liberal? She should be Ok with bitches being cunty and keeping it fucking real and shit. And I
mean what's with this goddamn, shitty, bitchy, lady shit.

Next time I see a bitch and her little fucking whore**, I just say "What's up cunt?" 'cause I don't want to be prude or nothing.

** = for old white prudes that means daughter.; 2/10/17, 8:23 PM
rcocean said...: Seriously, I just find all this humorous. As a man, just tell us what you want Bitches. You want us to cuss, well we guys are all down with that. I'm cool with with fuck, cunt, bitch, whore, etc. Jesus fucking Christ, my Dad could talk a blue streak when mama wasn't around. But if you want to be all ladylike and shit, well ok.

Just quit acting like you all are ladies one day, and hoes the next. Got it?; 2/10/17, 8:28 PM
YoungHegelian said...: Good thing Ms Shriver wasn't interviewing Laslo about his upcoming feature film. She woudda had a freakin' myocardial infarction right there on the toob!; 2/10/17, 8:31 PM
YoungHegelian said...: Okay, & just to get the cattiness over with, who let LenaDunham go on a TV interview looking like that? Does this woman have an agent or handlers of any sort? If so, it's time for Tom & Lorenzo-kinda intervention.; 2/10/17, 8:36 PM
n.n said...: In light of reproductive health, and other modern euphemisms, how about referring to the penis as a male reproductive implement. You know, to maintain a safe space.; 2/10/17, 8:37 PM
The Godfather said...: I think they buried the lede. Saying "penis" on television is not that big a deal. I thought showing one was.; 2/10/17, 9:10 PM
Achilles said...: I remember an 8th grade teacher flipping out when someone called someone else a dork. Apparently that means penis to some people.

Didn't help she had a single curl hairdo that pretty much shaped her head like a penis and kids were drawing pictures labeling her the dildo head.; 2/10/17, 9:14 PM
Jon Ericson said...: It's her on-camera shtick.
No makeup, ugliest possible, ill-fitting clothes, crass,
potty mouth, on purpose.
Kinda like Groucho's mustache.; 2/10/17, 9:14 PM
Owen said...: DNA Delivery Device; 2/10/17, 9:15 PM
William said...: If less than twenty five people feel moved to comment on this alleged event, then it's the beginning of the end for Lena. If, on the other hand, more than one hundred people feel impelled to comment on Lena's unworthiness as a human being, then another season of Girls is in the bag.; 2/10/17, 9:30 PM
madAsHell said...: She thinks she is edgy.
Tomorrow ain't gonna be pretty for a fat chick with tattoos.; 2/10/17, 9:31 PM
mockturtle said...: Rcocean, how does using the word 'penis' or fuck, for that matter, make a woman a 'ho'? Admittedly, I've never known any 'hoes' so I'm not sure how they talk but most of the women I know of my generation use plenty of four-letter words. Your saying Jesus fucking Christ, is, to me, far more offensive [not that you don't have the right to say it] than saying fuck. BTW, I can be, and am, very ladylike when the occasion demands.; 2/10/17, 9:38 PM
Jon Ericson said...: Long handled garden utensil...; 2/10/17, 9:50 PM
Known Unknown said...: No wonder Arnold had to stick it in the help.; 2/10/17, 9:51 PM
Jon Ericson said...: You set 'em straight, mockturtle.; 2/10/17, 9:52 PM
rcocean said...: "Admittedly, I've never known any 'hoes' so I'm not sure how they talk but most of the women I know of my generation use plenty of four-letter words."

Hey, so you know a lot of fucking cunts who are down for some "four-letter" words. Well, that's just goddamn fucking Ok with me. I mean, Jesus fucking Christ, all I ask for is some consistency, you know what I mean, motherfucker?

It's not men, who are pissed off about some cunt getting raped up the ass about language. Its bitches and hoes. So, just decide what you want mother fuckers. You want "Four-letter" words? Ok bitch. You want clean language? Ok.

You cunts and bitches need to figure out what you want.; 2/10/17, 10:15 PM
Etienne said...: I thought it was funny. Maria handled that bizarre woman well, and showed class.; 2/10/17, 10:20 PM
Amadeus 48 said...: I think it is so cool that the largest demographic for watching Girls was men over 50. Lena is the voice of her generation all right--an exhibitionist putting it out there for a bunch of old goats. Of course, men over 50 is also the principal demographic for the Althouse commentariat, so...; 2/10/17, 10:22 PM
mockturtle said...: You cunts and bitches need to figure out what you want.

Why?; 2/10/17, 10:40 PM
Jon Ericson said...: I think he listens to too much Rap.
IMAO.; 2/10/17, 10:50 PM
Laslo Spatula said...: The Girl at Starbucks That Hates You:

Today at work sucked. I mean, most days here suck, but today sucked balls…

I had a customer who ordered a soy Venti latte, and he gave me the “I picture you sucking my cock’ look. Big deal: it happens. I asked him for his name, and he said “D.B.” so I wrote it on the cup and kept moving. A few minutes later, I hear a loud voice complaining: it turns out that it is this same dude, and he’s saying that I drew a penis on his cup. What the fuck…?

I wrote ‘db’ lowercase because I write everything in lowercase, it’s just what I do. Well, he thinks my ‘db’ is not “D.B.” but a picture of a cock and balls. Really, dude? Who has the time to see this shit? I mean, do you see the face of Jesus on your fucking Doritos…?

So now my manager is showing me the cup, asking me what I wrote, and the dude has this smarmy bitch-face thing going on: I point out that — look — it’s ‘db’, it’s NOT a drawing of a cock and balls. Shit: if I wanted to draw a cock and balls I could draw a damn better picture of a cock and balls. I’ve seen some up close to my face, I know what they fucking look like…

My manager finally gives the guy a gift card and he leaves, smiling his smarmy bitch-face smile. Now my manager is telling me condescendingly that drawing genitalia on a customer’s cup is VERY inappropriate, like somehow I don’t fucking get that. Fine: I’ll write all names in CAPITAL LETTERS FROM NOW ON. BECAUSE PEOPLE SUCK. PEOPLE SUCK BALLS.

I am Laslo.; 2/11/17, 12:07 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Golden, Master Spatula.; 2/11/17, 12:14 AM
Josephbleau said...: Does this woman have any kind of education? is there any reason to her?; 2/11/17, 12:55 AM
Jon Ericson said...: Does this woman have any kind of education? is there any reason to * her?

believe? boink? piss on? ignore? elevate?; 2/11/17, 1:07 AM
HoodlumDoodlum said...: Oh wow, an allegedly grown woman said the word penis on TV. How outrageous, how courageous, how amazing! Let's all pay attention to her.
PAY ATTENTION! (Artist at work); 2/11/17, 1:26 AM
AlanKH said...: Has Shriver been asleep since the Clinton administration?; 2/11/17, 2:06 AM
Lewis Wetzel said...: Blogger mockturtle said...
What does she want her to call it? Dick? Cock? Dong? John Thomas? Skin flute? Wankie?

2/10/17, 7:57 PM
I call it my "trouser missile."
Doesn't everyone?; 2/11/17, 2:34 AM
Darrell said...: Obviously, she expected Dunham to say "vagina."; 2/11/17, 3:20 AM
Biff said...: Amadeus 48 said..."Of course, men over 50 is also the principal demographic for the Althouse commentariat, so...

Damn. I did turn 50 just recently.; 2/11/17, 4:39 AM
I'm Full of Soup said...: Maria Shriver is still on TV?; 2/11/17, 7:52 AM
Christopher Moran said...: This scene from Porky's is instructive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wSOyyKHQU0; 2/11/17, 9:29 AM
Bleach Drinkers Curing Coronavirus Together said...: She wasn't brought up to be unafraid of being acquainted with one either, apparently.; 2/11/17, 10:02 AM
Bill R said...: She was married to Arnold Schwarzenegger, right? She probably never called it anything. Just "Oh Mein Gott!"; 2/11/17, 10:41 AM
Robin Goodfellow said...: Isn't her 15 minutes about up?; 2/11/17, 11:57 AM
Robert Cook said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/11/17, 12:28 PM
Robert Cook said...: "She was married to Arnold Schwarzenegger, right? She probably never called it anything. Just 'Oh Mein Gott!'"

She may have called it "L'il Ahnuld!" (Or "BIG Ahnuld," as the case may be.); 2/11/17, 12:29 PM
mockturtle said...: Cookie, I think 'Oh, Mein Gott!' covers it in either case. ;-); 2/11/17, 4:54 PM
Saint Croix said...: "Maria Shriver way overreacts to Lena Dunham saying "penis.""

Maria Shriver = the media

Lena Dunham = Donald Trump; 2/12/17, 4:02 AM