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To: katana

There are many fine American actors - they’ve been the staple of motion picture history for 100 years.

I would also say many actors use the Bobby Lewis (famed acting teacher) method of accents: you establish it and then back off. That’s why I find Meryl Streep so annoying - her whole performance is based on some perfect accent but missing the heart and soul of the character.


108 posted on 02/28/2015 2:05:06 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein

But they seem to be few and far between these days, exceptions being actors like Robert Duvall or James Earl Jones, among others I’ll admit. Many of the really good ones are passed on or in their late twilight years. I guess I still can’t get over seeing Cruise in “The Last Samurai”, but that film was appalling on so many levels besides the acting that it may not even count. And yes, Meryl Streep ... to quote Katherine Hepburn when she was watching a Streep performance, “tick, tick, tick”, like a well programmed automaton.


111 posted on 02/28/2015 3:35:56 PM PST by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: miss marmelstein

Meryl was great in “The Devil Wears Prada” when she WASN’T trying to do a particular accent.


112 posted on 02/28/2015 3:59:37 PM PST by Cecily
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