First, my apologies for being unclear on this (and I realized it when I was standing in the Costco parking lot last night). I wasn't matching up Lohan and Lawrence as actresses. Rather I was matching them as David Letterman guests. My apologies.
Here is my extent of actual experience with Ms Lawrence's career: when Jack Nicholson interrupted her interview with George Stephanopoulos after winning the Oscar, and her interviews with Dave. She may be a lousy, lousy actress, but she's an incredible guest, and Dave goes into a rare mode with her that, as Tom noted, is at the Hunt/Garr level. I know we all have our different modes for different situations. If she's fundamentally different than this, then as Mr Bowie noted she's a helluva actress. On Wed Nov 19 2014 at 10:35:29 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I like Lawrence a lot - I take Joe's point, except I never wanted or > expected much from Lohan, even when she was a kid. Silver Linings was way > over hyped, and not a particularly good portrayal of Bi-Polar Disorder, but > I did not hate it - and I quite liked American Hustle. > > But the point here is not how great Lawrence is as an actress, but how > good a guest she is on talk shows, particularly with Dave. My daughter is a > huge fan of Miss Stewart, and for all I know she is a superior actress (I > have never seen her work) and human being; but she is just a horrible, > horrible talk show guest. Now that is not the worst thing you can say about > somebody - probably most of the very good people on the planet would be bad > talk show guests. But if the topic is "good talk show guests", I think by > any standard, Lawrence will be rated very high, and Stewart very low. > > Lawrence reminds me of George Clooney (when he was doing interviews). A > regular person, humble persona which clearly is very intentionally crafted > and worn as a mask. I don't mind that - it is a likable mask, and these > people have so many demands on them that you don't really expect them to be > "themselves" (whatever that means) in their 100th interview of the tour. > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:11 PM, 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Can I be a dissenting voice here? Personally, I can't stand Lawrence, >>> and find her as phony as Monopoly money. In a weird discovery for me, I >>> heard Kristen Stewart with Leonard Lopate a couple of weeks ago and thought >>> she's exactly what Lawrence puts on the pretense of being: Someone who >>> honestly doesn't give a rat's ass about "stardom" and who is far more >>> interested in doing interesting projects and then going away and living >>> (what sounded like) a real life among actual people until she comes across >>> something she thinks is worthwhile. Before this interview, I had no >>> interest in Stewart at all, marking her as "that Twilight girl," but I >>> found her to be interesting, funny, and savvy. Lawrence always strikes me >>> as Acting Too Hard at being "quirky" and "normal" and comes across as >>> anything but for me. >>> >>> If nothing else, she owes me Big Time for both "Silver Linings Playbook" >>> and "American Hustle." >>> >> >> I agree about Silver Linings Playbook and have no plans to see American >> Hustle. >> >> I don't care what Lawrence is like off camera or whether her indifference >> to stardom is contrived or authentic. For obvious reasons the Late Show is >> going to bend over backwards to bring on popular young actresses and >> Lawrence knows how to come with energy and playfulness. Her peers are all >> stiffs on the LS. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... 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