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re: Not surprised he gets bored easily.

Posted by: lowwriter 07:33 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: Not surprised he gets bored easily. - portenopete 06:28 pm EDT 03/31/14

Perhaps he has ADD. He's very good in comedy. I thought he was well cast on 30 Rock and in The Performers.


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re: Not surprised he gets bored easily.

Posted by: AC126748 07:36 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: Not surprised he gets bored easily. - lowwriter 07:33 pm EDT 03/31/14

I didn't see THE PERFORMERS, and while you'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger 30 ROCK fan, his character never really stood out to me. I have to agree with the previous poster that in the instances where I've seen Jackson (Finian's, Damn Yankees, and Xanadu), I've found him largely bland--and in comedies like Xanadu, I didn't find him particularly funny.


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re: Not surprised he gets bored easily.

Posted by: lowwriter 10:45 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: Not surprised he gets bored easily. - AC126748 07:36 pm EDT 03/31/14

I thought he was funny and perfectly cast in Xanadu, which may not seem like praise but he was very good.


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re: Not surprised he gets bored easily.

Posted by: chrisampm 10:47 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: Not surprised he gets bored easily. - lowwriter 10:45 pm EDT 03/31/14

He was wonderful in the It's a Bird, It's a Plane staged reading as well. Light self-mockery is his metier.


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re: Not surprised he gets bored easily.

Posted by: Delvino 08:01 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: Not surprised he gets bored easily. - AC126748 07:36 pm EDT 03/31/14

He's handsome and sings nicely, but I've found him somewhat over-praised, particularly on these boards. He's an okay actor, but has yet to demonstrate much range, even in the harrowing 9/11 movie (he did what was required, the roles were limited, to be fair). The comparison to Pasquale is fair, because the difference in emotional investment, a kind of gravitas, is considerable. XANADU was ideal for Jackson. If he has many other colors, he should use them. We haven't seen them, yet.


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re: Not surprised he gets bored easily.

Posted by: lowwriter 10:47 pm EDT 03/31/14
In reply to: re: Not surprised he gets bored easily. - Delvino 08:01 pm EDT 03/31/14

Whatever, he was far from one note or boring at Birdland on Saturday night.


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re: Not surprised he gets bored easily.

Posted by: PlayWiz 11:07 am EDT 04/01/14
In reply to: re: Not surprised he gets bored easily. - lowwriter 10:47 pm EDT 03/31/14

He was actually quite funny in "The Performers". Some object that he or his acting partner threw went awry at the performance I went to, and he made it into some extra funny business.


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