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| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: royscho 11:05 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Beuks 10:02 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| You would think that with all this talent the acting would be better but this is one of the most shockingly bad acting I’ve seen on tv. Nathan Lane, Cynthia Nixon and Christine Baranski come off as particularly bad. At least Audra McDonald and Kelli O’Hara manage to find a shred of character there. | |
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| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: Singapore/Fling 03:40 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
| In reply to: re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - royscho 11:05 am EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| Oh, Nathan's having a ball, and I'm here for it (and he seems true to the figure he's playing, as least based upon what we get from novels about the era). Nixon is doing the best she can with what they seem to be asking of her... as written that character doesn't make a lot of sense. Is she a naif whose never seen the world? Is she developmentally challenged? Is she just dumb? Who can say, there's no consistent through line. And Baranski is also in a weird spot, because they want her to be likable and reasonable within her snootiness, which rather defangs her. |
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| re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally | |
| Posted by: BigM 06:50 pm EDT 03/23/22 | |
| In reply to: re: THE GILDED AGE Tony-nominee/winner tally - Singapore/Fling 03:40 pm EDT 03/22/22 | |
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| I haven't seen the whole season yet, but I like what I've seen so far, and I don't have problems with the acting. It's quite a bit nastier than Downton Abbey; those characters were mostly good-natured but these people, especially Baranski (an actress I generally adore) are exceptionally mean-spirited and snobbish. Downton seemed like an enjoyable place to be, but this world seems like you'd want to get out as soon as humanly possible. | |
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