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mooncove

Happy Thankbirthday!

Nov 27, 2008 23:01

Just taking a break from the all-day House marathon (now that our mysterious power-outage has been resolved) to wish everyone a nearly belated happy Thanksgiving (I'm thankful for all my friends here!) ... as well as a happy belated birthday to two of my FDMIs ("favorite dead movie idols"), coincidentally born just five years apart on November 26, ( Read more... )

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katje0711 November 28 2008, 18:13:42 UTC

Happy Thanksgiving!

ali_babble November 29 2008, 23:55:34 UTC

I wasn't even aware that there was an Irishman leading a cast. Good for him! And Rufus Sewell has his own show? Really? That's news to me! I think it's great that actors from overseas are getting steady jobs (if their show survives its first season) after years of theatre and smaller film and TV roles. Now if some ACTRESSES could get big breaks (why is it that there are only a select few shows that are fronted by women? Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives are the only two that I can think of from the top of my head) that would be something (forgive my feminist approach - I've just spent two months studying feminism in French Culture class ( ... )

mooncove December 3 2008, 08:23:41 UTC

"Now if some ACTRESSES could get big breaks (why is it that there are only a select few shows that are fronted by women? Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives are the only two that I can think of from the top of my head) that would be something"

Really? There must be more than those two. There was "The Ex-List" earlier this season ... but I think that was cancelled. Oh, and on cable (USA network) there's a new hit called "The Starter Wife" starring Deborah Messing from "Will & Grace" ... Hmm, I suppose if I were taking that sort of class, I would pay more attention, but I don't usually keep a count of such things. I'm too busy being hypnotized by sexy male actors!

Although he was born in South Africa, Cyril Cusack was an Irish actor. He had most of his starring roles on the stage (he was big in the Abbey Theatre), but he played mostly character parts in films. (Although he starred in an Irish-language film called Poitín that I would love to find a copy of!) He'd probably be best known as the fire chief in Fahrenheit 451. He also ( ... )

mooncove December 3 2008, 14:21:03 UTC

PS: Another of Cyril's claims to fame: He was offered the role of the original Dr. Who back in the '60s but turned it down! (Same reason he always took character parts in films: they paid the bills so he could focus on his theatre career. He didn't want to be tied down by series TV.)

ali_babble December 3 2008, 15:50:28 UTC

There probably are more shows than that, but there are very few that seem to last. There's never more than a handful at any given time.

They appear to have a copy of Poitín for sale on this site, but they don't specify the region.
http://www.moviemail-online.co.uk/film/53006/Poitin/
There's a few clips on Youtube.

Anyway the name is definitely familiar, he's probably mentioned in my old school history book. And I would certainly recognise Catherine Cusack. I was probably a bit young to watch Ballykissangel but even then I do vaguely remember this strong tension between the priest and the policewoman.

But that's a very nice site! I wish I could make websites, but I'm a bit lazy to teach myself (although I know that in some schools people were taught it - that would've been a very useful skill to have!).

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