I may be the only person in the world who's kind of "meh" on Magnolia. Didn't hate it, didn't love it to itty-bitty pieces. In all honesty, I found it shiny but ultimately forgettable.
I'm supposed to deliver you to the Master now. There's this whole deal where I get to be immortal. Are you cool with that?
Xander ,'Lessons'
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Lyra Jane - Jul 20, 2004 3:00:24 pm PDT #1039 of 10001
Up with the sun
Jessica - Jul 20, 2004 3:05:29 pm PDT #1040 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Okay, and see, this:
"When you talk about Halle Berry, it's all about her sexuality," said Todd Boyd, a professor of critical studies at the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television. "That ties into a historical representation of black women as being either a Mammy character or someone like Halle Berry, who is represented as a sexual object."
He added, "Her popularity as of late is curious because of the overriding sexual component that, in my mind, takes attention away from what would normally be conversations about acting skill."
Seems to imply that Halle Berry has acting skills which aren't being discussed. Which, frankly, is not the case.
Aims - Jul 20, 2004 3:06:24 pm PDT #1041 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Halle Berry has acting skills which aren't being discussed.
Kind of like discissing the theory of "zero", right?
Kathy A - Jul 20, 2004 3:07:36 pm PDT #1042 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
What about women like Angela Bassett? There's a woman who's admired for her acting talent, sexy but not a sex object, and a class act all the way.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2004 3:07:43 pm PDT #1043 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Seems to imply that Halle Berry has acting skills which aren't being discussed
Tell me you're not casting aspersions on her Oscar®. Hush your mouth.
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2004 3:08:16 pm PDT #1044 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What about women like Angela Bassett?
And she can't get big screen work. So much for that angle.
Jessica - Jul 20, 2004 3:10:45 pm PDT #1045 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tell me you're not casting aspersions on her Oscar®. Hush your mouth.
I would never! And I'm shocked and appalled that you would think so.
Jesse - Jul 20, 2004 3:40:34 pm PDT #1046 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She's got her Oscar, so now she wants to prove she can succeed as a sex object in a terrible, shallow, exploitive summer movie? Who's she been taking career advice from, Cuba Gooding Jr?
If she makes Snow Bitches next.....
You people are SO WRONG.
DXMachina - Jul 20, 2004 3:46:26 pm PDT #1047 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Tell me you're not casting aspersions on her Oscar®. Hush your mouth.
But wasn't that Oscar awarded to honor every African American actress ever? Or something like that?
§ ita § - Jul 20, 2004 3:47:38 pm PDT #1048 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Or something like that?
Every African American actress ever except the one presenting the show, who didn't get a mention.
So, yeah, something like that.