"Rob Jensen" <ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:05:26 GMT, "Sharpe Fan"
> <sharpeseagle2003NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
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>>"Rob Jensen" <ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 20:23:57 GMT, "Sharpe Fan"
>>> <sharpeseagle2003NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
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>>>>"Rob Jensen" <ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>>> Just a few post-Gg observations:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) Lauren Graham apparently either got really pissed off at Alexis
or
>>>>> really prepared for the writers' strike because she's sure got
another
>>>>> commercial gig so suspiciously soon after Gg's indefinite hiatus
>>>>> started. She's done the voiceover for the new American Express Plum
>>>>> Card (for small businesses). Usually, commercial campaigns take
quite
>>>>> some time to air. Several months and sometimes even up to a year
>>>>> depending on how big the campaign is and since it's AmEx, I'm
figuring
>>>>> that it's a fairly big campaign launch. I spotted the commercial
>>>>> during Countdown and then thought it was hilarious that it *didn't*
>>>>> air during Samantha Who?, especially since, well, that plum color is
>>>>> pretty.
>>>>>
>>>>snipped]
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Rob
>>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Is Alexis a spokesperson for Visa or something? How does LG doing an
>>>>AmEx
>>>>commercial have anything to do with AB?
>>>
>>> Lauren going toward alternate sources of income -- two voiceovers so
>>> far (Special K and now AmEx). And that's even considering that IMO,
>>> Graham is a *terrible* voiceover person, with a delivery so clipped
>>> and rushed in a not-Amy-like way that she simulates emotion without
>>> actually delivering any emotion. IOW, I think Lauren rushes her
>>> voiceovers.
>>>
>>> -- Rob
>>> --
>>
>>
>>You postulated that a possible reason LG is doing the AmEx voice-over
>>because she is pissed at AB.
>
> No. I postulated that Lauren having such gigs lined up so
> suspiciously quick after the start of Gg's indefinite hiatus
> *indicates* that she's either pissed at AB or more quickly anticipated
> the writers' strike than most people in Hollywood (or, I'll add here,
> both.) You're inferring a statement of cause-and-effect where I only
> state corroboration.
>
> And I said that that doesn't address why I think LG's work on said
> voiceover sucks even though I think that LG otherwise walks on water.
>
> Keep in mind, commerical work, while a source of steady and
> substantial income for the duration that the commerical or series of
> commercials are running, are nevertheless considered a step down from
> acting on prime time or the movies. They're considered more along
> the lines of a working vacation.
>
>>I realize that this has some hyperbole (I hope), but I still don't see
any
>>connection between LG doing a commercial and anything to do with AB.
>
> Well, the show's on indefinite hiatus and she's done a commercial,
> four movies and the Evan Almighty press junket since the season
> wrapped in April. That's an hellaciously busy schedule, one that
> Graham likely wouldn't have been logistically (much less physically)
> able to do had the show not gone on indefinite hiatus. Her movie with
> Matthew Perry (Birds of America) and the Evan junket, obviously yes,
> as the former was an indie that went into production shortly after the
> season wrapped and is the sort of thing that Lauren does in-between
> seasons of the show and the latter was a pre-existing obligation that
> would have otherwise precluded her from doing other gigs for the rest
> of the summer.
Indefinite Hiatus? No, it was cancelled. It's gone. Any possible coda we
get
will be something besides a resumption of the series. It's cancelled. The
show was cancelled, and had a series finale. It was over. Calling anything
we get, whether it be the reunion movie ASP talked about or the little
miniseries you have concocted in your head or anything else "going out of
hiatus for the series" is akin to calling Star Trek: The Motion Picture
"Episode 80." The series didn't go on indefinite hiatus. it was cancelled.
The show's production office was closed, the crew was let go, the cast was
let go, the soundstages were reassigned, the sets were struck or released
for other projects, and the show got cancelled. It's gone, Rob. Go ahead
and go through the five stages of loss and move on. That's the thing
healthy
people do. They don't bandy about doublespeak to hide the fact that the
show
got cancelled.
You can bet your last dollar with confidence that the SAG strike will
happen, just like the WGA strike happened. Everyone has been planning for
the industry equivalent of the Hundred Years War here, and the two sides
are
locked in their positions and there's not going to be any movement on this
for a very long time. Lauren's decision to work her attractive little butt
off right now is a very wise move.
And another thing. I know you're pissed at Alexis because she, according
to
your "sources," smashed your fairy tale castle, but don't you think it's
about time you stopped ragging on her? The show's over, what's done is
done,
and it's time to forgive her for her alleged role in ending the series.
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