HBO's take on the fantasy novels features Lena Headey and a lot of gore.
The series finale helps us see what the show was about all along: feminism and gay marriage, among other things.
The series by Lena Dunham is described as a “comic look at assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their early 20s.”
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