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"FacebookPinterest\n\nIt&amp;amp;#x2019;s ba-aack: Girls, the HBO dramedy created by Lena Dunham\u2014and starring at least one angry guy\u2014returns on Sunday, and kicked off its third season with a swanky premiere co-hosted by the Cinema Society at Lincoln Center. Screening the first two episodes (and the seventh!) of the new season for the likes of Bill Hader, Judd Apatow, Questlove, and Amy Schumer, as well as the cast. Spoiler alert: the show&amp;amp;#x2019;s still funny. Funnier, actually. There&amp;amp;#x2019;s an injection of lightheartedness at the start of the season that was absent last year, even while the characters are still grappling with various Girls problems, like addiction, mental illness, and hangovers. Less Q-tip horror, more impromptu dance numbers.\n\nClick here to see more photos from the event.\n\nWe hit up the NYC-themed after-party\u2014think brown-bagged beers sipped inside selfie-begging subway car replicas\u2014and talked to cast and fans alike. Allison Williams told us the key to playing uptight is, actually, to be chill: &amp;amp;#x201C;Just let it go. It&amp;amp;#x2019;s kind of my motto. Because watching Marnie do the opposite of letting it go and seeing how that works out for her will always, I think, keep me on a more relad path.&amp;amp;#x201D;\n\nJemima Kirke, meanwhile, reflected in that Jessa-esque, matter-of-fact-y tone what she&amp;amp;#x2019;s learned from playing the show&amp;amp;#x2019;s resident wild child\u2014&amp;amp;#x201C;It&amp;amp;#x2019;s just new lessons in what selfishness looks like. You know, it looks like all kinds of things and that&amp;amp;#x2019;s just one of the ways, yeah.&amp;amp;#x201D;\n\nOf the show&amp;amp;#x2019;s critics, Questlove thinks Lena is listening to the haters\u2014and answering by throwing those criticisms right back in their faces. &amp;amp;#x201C;You can&amp;amp;#x2019;t deny that it has a very unique voice and I kind of think [Lena] is aware of the criticism of the show\u2014I feel like she crosses every taboo like a bucket list,&amp;amp;#x201D; he told us. &amp;amp;#x201C;And it&amp;amp;#x2019;s good to see that. It&amp;amp;#x2019;s good to be shocked sometimes when you&amp;amp;#x2019;re watching television show.&amp;amp;#x201D;\n\nComedian Amy Schumer agrees with doubling down on the show&amp;amp;#x2019;s shock value: &amp;amp;#x201C;She went even harder with the criticisms,&amp;amp;#x201D; she says of Dunham&amp;amp;#x2019;s season-three writing. &amp;amp;#x201C;Yeah, was that last season too naked for you? How&amp;amp;#x2019;s this, motherfuckers?&amp;amp;#x201D;\n\nAnd in the spirit of New Year&amp;amp;#x2019;s resolutions, we asked show producer Judd Apatow\u2014who tells us of season three that &amp;amp;#x201C;anything that&amp;amp;#x2019;s awkward and humiliating I relate to in some way&amp;amp;#x201D;\u2014if he had any lofty goals for the upcoming year. &amp;amp;#x201C;Uh, well, I hit 200 pounds,&amp;amp;#x201D; he said with a sheepish laugh. &amp;amp;#x201C;I&amp;amp;#x2019;d like to see 180 again.&amp;amp;#x201D;\n\nDoes that blend of Girls-ian insecurity and overshare resonate universally? Not quite, says Steve Buscemi: &amp;amp;#x201C;I&amp;amp;#x2019;m too old to relate to anything on the show.&amp;amp;#x201D;\n\n \n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nFacebookPinterest\n\nAmy Schumer. Photo: Getty Images."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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