Isn't the actress who plays her good, Erika? She nails the drunkenness (whch is so hard to act believably) and and she also does the anger/vulnerability combo really well.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Scrappy - Feb 03, 2006 8:30:53 am PST #9874 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
erikaj - Feb 03, 2006 8:43:43 am PST #9875 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah, she's just amazing. HBO sure can get the good performances, and it's true. I never get the sense that she's reading(slurring) or (stumbles)
Steph L. - Feb 03, 2006 8:44:08 am PST #9876 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
I'm currently reading The Land of Laughs, by Jonathan Carroll.
I love that book!
Dude, YOU recommended it to me, when I was in SF and we were in The Bookstore Of The Hairless Cat (can't remember the actual name of the bookstore -- I want to say "Shadowlands," but that can't be right).
beth b - Feb 03, 2006 9:06:19 am PST #9877 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
I've never read anything by Jonathan Carroll, but they sound like my kind of book. should I start with The land of the Laughs ?
DavidS - Feb 03, 2006 9:50:09 am PST #9878 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've never read anything by Jonathan Carroll, but they sound like my kind of book. should I start with The land of the Laughs ?
Either Land of Laughs or Voice of My Shadow.
Teppy, the bookstore is called Borderlands, I think.
DavidS - Feb 03, 2006 9:53:27 am PST #9879 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
beth, I'll note that Jonathan Carroll is one of my prime examples of Imprinted By A Distinct Sensibility. Which is my theory that certain creative types have such distinct and original visions that the first time you encounter them tends to be your favorite of their work.
Also see: Monty Python, Marx Brothers, Jim Thompson...
Hayden - Feb 03, 2006 10:03:49 am PST #9880 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I saw what's-her-name who plays Jane on tv in another role, all cleaned up and was shocked to find myself thinking, "Well, she's rather attractive" before I put 2 and 2 together.
Nutty - Feb 03, 2006 10:08:38 am PST #9881 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
my theory that certain creative types have such distinct and original visions that the first time you encounter them tends to be your favorite of their work.
I will say, although I can intellectually recognize that The Nothing Man is a fairly lame tabloid-y novel, and the least of Jim Thompson's many works, I also hold it dear to my heart for its OTT ranting about serving hot dogs in mayonnaise to a man who's had his dick shot off.
Actually, aforementioned ranting is basically the Platonic ideal of Thompson in my head. I know he's done more subtle work, but I also know that the impulse to shocker-headline lurks behind every word. (See also: subplot in The Grifters.)
Strega - Feb 03, 2006 10:12:27 am PST #9882 of 10002
Hm. I read Black Cocktail first. And then, I think, Bones of the Moon. My favorite is From the Teeth of Angels, but Land of Laughs & A Child Across the Sky are very close.
(So I dispute your theory. Nyah.)
Oh, I would advise people who haven't read Carroll: if you have trouble with unlikable protagonists, he may not be for you.
Steph L. - Feb 03, 2006 10:47:12 am PST #9883 of 10002
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Teppy, the bookstore is called Borderlands, I think.
That sounds right.
Oh, I would advise people who haven't read Carroll: if you have trouble with unlikable protagonists, he may not be for you.
See, I was reading Amazon.com's reviews of Land of Laughs, and several of the reviews referred to the protagonist as unlikable, but I don't get that. He seems fine to me.