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First accomplishment of the day: discovering a new pet peeve.
I was watching "Golden Girls" (the one where Sophia buys a Cuban boxer), and for the most part, it's a good episode. But then the boxer turned out to be a promising violinist/actor, and, as often happens when one-time characters start talking on "GG", it went downhill. Suddenly, the boxer/actor/whatever goes into a Shakespearean monologue (while also using "Cuban" in place of "Jew" so we know it's a personal statment) while everybody looks on in awe. Later, he gets into Juilliard after botching a violin audition by using the same speech.
And that's my pet peeve: really bad actors playing "really good actors".
Supporting example? "High School Musical". 'nuf said.
- Chris.
P.S. OH! And I remember seeing a few sitcoms where somebody ends up playing the lead in "Romeo & Juliet", and of course they always show the balcony scene. Unfortunately, Juliet's "Whereforth art thou, Romeo?" always has her looking for where Romeo is, and he appears to answer her. Misinterpretation! No, not even that. Just dumbness.
Okay, I'm done.
I was watching "Golden Girls" (the one where Sophia buys a Cuban boxer), and for the most part, it's a good episode. But then the boxer turned out to be a promising violinist/actor, and, as often happens when one-time characters start talking on "GG", it went downhill. Suddenly, the boxer/actor/whatever goes into a Shakespearean monologue (while also using "Cuban" in place of "Jew" so we know it's a personal statment) while everybody looks on in awe. Later, he gets into Juilliard after botching a violin audition by using the same speech.
And that's my pet peeve: really bad actors playing "really good actors".
Supporting example? "High School Musical". 'nuf said.
- Chris.
P.S. OH! And I remember seeing a few sitcoms where somebody ends up playing the lead in "Romeo & Juliet", and of course they always show the balcony scene. Unfortunately, Juliet's "Whereforth art thou, Romeo?" always has her looking for where Romeo is, and he appears to answer her. Misinterpretation! No, not even that. Just dumbness.
Okay, I'm done.