--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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.
Meow. :-)
