On Mar 10, 2007, at 10:28 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:
As for "superficiality," well, I think it's good to remember that she is playing *roles*, the vast majority of which are written by men,
But so are other far more talented actresses as well, and they come across much better.
and that portray women who...uh...*are* superficial.
All of the roles she's gotten are meant to portray women as superficial? Well, I disagree.
So if you bought her as superficial, she was doing her job.
Except that in the hands of more talented actresses all of her roles would have been done much more competently, I would surmise. But those far more talented women didn't get the job because JR, talentless though she may be, was thought to be more bankable. So no, she wasn't doing her job, she was doing *a* job.
I have never met her, but I had friends in Santa Fe who knew her well, because Julia has a ranch next to theirs near Taos. They describe her as anything *but* superficial off camera,
But we're talking *on* camera. I have no problem with her in any other sense--think she has a nice life, in fact.
especially when the subject turns to literature or poetry.
Who cares?
They were the ones who turned me onto the soundtrack CD of "The Postman," on which she recites some of the poetry of her favorite poet, Pablo Neruda. Great stuff. She's far from my favorite actress, but I have enjoyed moments in her work. I'd like to see her play someone really BAD, the way Helen Mirren got to as Morgana in "Excalibur." I'd be willing to bet that she's always wanted to play a heavy villain, too, but that as with Robert Redford, no one ever allowed her to.
Or no one ever thought she could pull it off. Or maybe *she* had the good sense to recognize that.
Sal
