'Dirty Girls'
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I was channel surfing yesterday, and finally realized where I knew Clancy Brown from--he's "the hardest screw that ever walked a turn at Shawshank."
As for Jorge's weight loss, at the weight he's at, if he was female 30 pounds might be as much as half of a dress size. Not too apparent onscreen, but the belt should go in almost a notch.
Brokeback Island, for you Jack/Sawyer lovers.
Brokeback Island, for you Jack/Sawyer lovers.
Oh my, that's pretty clever.
Or at least, better than any "fan video" I could make!
averting eyes with some difficulty
So my flatmate and I have now watched Season 2 up to episode 9, with the whole Computer-conversation thingy. And I've read a chunk of the Old Thread and the first 500+ posts of this thread and then skipped ahead to say (1) I'm still loving the show, (2) I want fanfic and (3) does Naveen Andrews genuinely look like an Arab to Americans?
Because it's a bit of a nobrainer to flatmate and me - not just the fact that he's playing an Iraqi (which I can try to retcon), but the fact that people who don't know him describe him as 'An Arab guy'.
Can't steer you to the fanfic although I am certain there is plenty.
I accept that Sayid is Iraqi. My guess is that Naveen is of Indian descent, but I'm too lazy to google. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere he was British. Other than the unfortunate pairing with Shannon I like his character so I just accept the Iraqi thing. There are very few Arabs in my community so it doesn't jump out at me.
Ignorance is bliss?
I figure the minute I'd get stroppy about it, someone would link to a citation of the Indian-looking subpopulation of the Arab world, and that would be that.
I've done the parallel about Jamaica myself. I still think it makes sloppy casting either way.
my friend's husband is Iraqi. I don't think Naveen looks Iraqi to me, but he is pretty and I want him on my tv.
Perhaps we will find out that Sayid is the illegitimate son of an influential Iraqi and a Pakistani guestworker. It might help to explain certain complexities of his character.
I don't know about a specific Iraqi look, but I have an Israeli friend of Arab descent that resembles Naveen Andrews in a number of facial features. They're at least getting closer to actual physiognomy than giving Mickey Rooney buck teeth and having him squint to play someone Chinese.
They're at least getting closer to actual physiognomy than giving Mickey Rooney buck teeth and having him squint to play someone Chinese.Yeah. I'm still waiting for an actually Semitic Jesus who looks like he might have been a carpenter peasant, rather than a graduate of Eton.