'The Train Job'
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Oh, well, posit him as a one-trick pony, that's fine to debate. It was the positing him as a one-class pony, especially in the "British culture -- mix your own!" context of Elizabeth, to which I was objecting.
(You can go far on one trick, if you're good at it. And then fail miserably when someone miscasts you.)
Am I recalling correctly that Elizabeth had Ralegh executed, for marrying? Or did she just wall him up in some prison until he died?
Raleigh seduced a lady in waiting--Bess Throckmorton. When she became pregnant, she insisted on marriage. Since Raleigh was a favorite of Elizabeth, she wouldn't sit for it so they married in secret. The couple spent time in the tower for their crimes but Raleigh was eventually released and went to sea for England again, although he was barred from court for a long while and lost his place in Elizabeth's favor to Lord Essex. Essex was the one eventually executed.
Raleigh marched in Elizabeth's funeral procession.
Hasn't Owen done more cerebral characters on stage? Death of Joe Egg for example?
I told you, didn't I, about my surprise the first time I saw Owen crack a smile?
Actually, I can't recall Clive Owen smiling in a genuine, uncomplicated-happy way. I've seen his characters smile, but they're always 1) kind of feral, where you can see his teeth and worry that he's going to shoot you between your eyes in 5 minutes, or 2) melancholy as hell, like "oh yeah, you're happy now, but see if it lasts!" type of thing.
Vonnie, the instances I was thinking of were interviews. So, not in any kind of character. It's always a little reassuring to know that people typecast as really tense aren't necessarily so when they're at home.
Unless you're Christian Bale.
I'm pretty sure he's happy in Greenfingers, even if not right away.
Vonnie, the instances I was thinking of were interviews.
Huh. I don't think I've ever seen him being interviewed. Must rectify this somehow.
Finally! A definition of the Hegelian dialectic that clicks for me.
Also a short Batman Begins review.
Hasn't Owen done more cerebral characters on stage? Death of Joe Egg for example?
Being the skimmer that I am, when I first read that my mind went to Cash's little boy, Owen. I was mightily impressed.
I didn't know that Paula Deen is in the new Orlando Bloom/Kirsten Dunst movie!
Also, is this Patty Griffin the Patty Griffin of Living With Ghosts ? I mean, the singer/song writer?