I just thought I'd point you guys to this new interview with Lena Dunham regarding the return of her hit HBO series Girls, and its so-called *race problem,* which she's now apparently *addressed* by the casting of hipster Donald Glover as her black Republican love interest. I recall the comments that followed the post anouncing Glover's role in the series (earlier this week), and the questions wondering why Glover had to be a black Republican, as well as how his political leanings would be worked into the narrative, and whether his addition really is meant to address the *race problem,* and even it is, whether it actually will, and if this will turn more black viewers...
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