Re: Evangeline Lilly's Acting

Kevin Reilly <usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in 
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> But for top quality mahogany acting 

Lol...

> you can't beat Michael O'Hare. I 
> used to think his performance in Babylon 5 was a combination of 
> first-season unfamiliarity coupled with the traumatic back-
story of his 
> character, but then I saw him in a few daytime made-for-TV 
movies and 
> those excuses went straight out of the window.

Don't remember him as I hardly watched B5 but I'll take your word 
for it.

 
>>go.  It depends on the actor.  Patrick Stewart's a good actor 
but
>>in TNG he was very stiff in the early seasons.
> 
> What comes across a lot in early TNG is that, although his 
character is 
> French, Stewart was clearly trying to act American.
> 
>>  Ditto for Avery
>>Brooks in DS9.
> 
> A friend of mine could never watch DS9 because she found 
Brooks' 
> performance "too thespian". I actually liked it for exactly the 
same 
> reason; almost every actor hammed it up to some extent or 
another but 
> those performances worked for the scope and feel of that 
particular 
> show. It was always a bit theatrical. If Shakespeare had 
written Star 
> Trek, he would have written for DS9.

Yep but note that I was speaking of the early seasons but in 
Brooks case mostly the first season.  I liked his acting too.

 
>>  All kinds of examples.  It's probably the case
>>with Evangeline Lilly as well.  Her acting has improved; she's
>>adjusted to the role.
> 
> LOST is such an unusual show that it's a wonder many of the 
cast cope at 
> all. While the quality of the writing and production is 
generally 
> top-notch, the odd behaviour of the characters necessary to 
keep the 
> mystery going must grate a bit. Until quite recently almost 
nobody asked 
> sensible questions of anybody else, and even now characters ask 
> questions and seem perfectly happy with vague non-answers. 
Normal people 
> would be punching each other out left, right and centre in 
frustration 
> under those cir***stances.
> 
> Add in the deliberate withholding of back-story by the writers, 
and 
> continuity of character on LOST must be one of the hardest 
acting jobs 
> around. I wonder how many of the cast have read scripts with 
character 
> back-story and wondered how much better a job they could have 
made of an 
> earlier scene if only they'd known?
> 
> Under these cir***stances it's hard to say whether Ms. Lilly's 
acting 
> has improved, or whether the actions and motivations necessary 
for the 
> more recent (dare I say mundane?) domestic scenes are just 
easier for 
> her to get a handle on than layer upon layer of Island- and 
> flashback-based duplicity.

Interesting points.  I agree with this.

Gisele