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In the New Yorker...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Skip Engblom on April 06, 2011, 08:07:41 pm ---That would be an unfortunate omission, since her work in BBM constitutes, as far as I know, her only role in a drama, albeit as a figure mostly there to provide comic relief. She was really good in that small role, and otherwise she seems to mainly appear in silly (though sometimes worthwhile) comedies. I seem to recall some critic -- it might have been the New Yorker's Anthony Lane, in fact -- saying something like, her casting was another example of Ang Lee's apparent project of elevating B-movie starlets to A-list actors in respected movies.
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It might, however, be an understandable omission. The article appears under the heading, "Annals of Comedy," and the title is "Funny Like a Guy: Anna Faris and Hollywood's Woman Problem." Tad Friend is the author.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 06, 2011, 09:35:55 pm ---It might, however, be an understandable omission. The article appears under the heading, "Annals of Comedy," and the title is "Funny Like a Guy: Anna Faris and Hollywood's Woman Problem." Tad Friend is the author.
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Oh, then I can't wait to read it. Hollywood does indeed have a woman problem, and that headline hints at part of it -- at least the comedy part. Women in comedies almost always play the sensible, responsible, dull straight man to the wild, crazy, funny guy. Anna Faris is one of the few exceptions.
So I guess I can see how, if the context is anything like that, the LaShawn role isn't quite on topic.
Front-Ranger:
The Anna Faris and Tina Fey articles are perfect complements to each other!!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Tony-Ranger on April 07, 2011, 09:36:18 am ---The Anna Faris and Tina Fey articles are perfect complements to each other!!
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OT, I guess, but Tina Fey must have gotten over her motherhood and career issues. I heard this morning that she's pregnant again.
Front-Ranger:
Well, what was it Heath said about how Matilda came to be? "We let biology take over" or something like that!
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