B.S.: What Has Gone Wrong With Men?

Subject: RE: B.S.: What Has Gone Wrong With Men?
From: Bobert
Date: 02 Jul 04 - 03:09 PM

Okay, so I was sittin' 'round with the P-Vine (wife) yesterday an' I mentioned this thread to her and told her what I said above about Nicole not making herself available to general population of males. Well, since I made that observation and the P-Vine being of the female gender, she had to tell me just how wrong I was... Ahhhh, normal...

So I says to the P-Vine, "Tell ya what, P-Vine, if you think she is so danged available to the general population, lets see if I can get thru to Nicole to ask her out on a date!"

Well, I I've made over 50 phone calls and prolly racked up a hefty phone bill trying to get to Nicole to ask her out and so far the closest I've gotten was to the superintendent of the refuse collection service that services her neighborhood. He called his guy in the field who says there's a locked gate in front of Nicole's house.

Okay, maybe that's not the closest I've gotten. I did get a secretary who works for her publicists who when I told I wanted to apply for the Nicoole's-new-man job siad some stuff that I can't repeat here and then hung up the phone on me....

Well, I might not have gotten a dream date with Nicole but, hey, I've won one against the P-Vine so.... life is good, if not for Nicole, at least fir this ol' hillbilly...

Bobert

Subject: RE: B.S.: What Has Gone Wrong With Men?
From: GUEST,peedeecee
Date: 02 Jul 04 - 04:22 PM

Don Firth said "she doesn't just play Nicole Kidman playing the character she's portraying (if you can follow that). That's something I tend to associate more with British actors (able to play a broad range of characters—see Judi Dench) than with Americans (usually keeping to a narrow range; e.g. John Wayne never played anyone but John Wayne),"

Although I agree with you, I have frequently had problems with some of the more famous British actors intoning their lines in a plummy, artificially-mellifluous kind of "look at me, I'm a famous thespian" tone. Specifically, I always noticed that in Olivier, and more recently in Ben Kingsley, particularly his performance in The House of Sand and Fog.

I agree that some American actors have a very narrow range, and are therefore typecast -- John Wayne always played John Wayne.

Subject: RE: B.S.: What Has Gone Wrong With Men?
From: jacqui.c
Date: 02 Jul 04 - 04:41 PM

I've always thought that there were 'actors' and 'personalities' in film. Nicole falls into the first category as does Judi Dench and one of my favourite actors, Tommy Lee Jones. Personalities would include Roger Moore, who I can never remember playing anyone but himself. Both types are worth watching for their entertainment value but the acotrs would be my first choice.