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[–]jet199 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I'm now convinced that JLC is actually insane and that's why her kids is now also insane.

Also I can't believe they have her an oscar for acting the part of an unlovable arsehole where she just played herself the whole time.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's Hollywood ain't it. Filled with insane people with a few sane types peppered around.

Problem with talent and creativity. (Whether she actually has either is debatable but will be left aside at this time). Talent and creativity in acting and the arts usually requires you to have something "wrong" with your brain. Rather you need to be able to think of things other people's won't or haven't thought of. New ideas means abnormal thought patterns. The question then is are you able to channel that weirdness into an actual art while maintaining sanity or will it utterly break you once the money starts flowing in and you are surrounded by yes men.

There's some good fucking Chinese movies out there coming out of a society that has no freedom of speech or the press whatsoever. Those limitations force creative types to adapt.

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

In Hollywood the main problem is they specifically search out people who will do anything for a role which means you then end up with a lot of people with no boundaries and full blown personality disorders, often they aren't the most creative.

Someone found an article from the 1980s about up and coming stars and basically the only ones who made anything of themselves were the ones who said "I will do anything necessary to give the best performance" in their interviews, people like Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. That's the one think all those who went on to be successful had in common.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I really wonder if JLC was given the Oscar as reward for her transactivists. She's pushing the cultural agenda that is big in Hollywood right now.

[–]Wanderingthehalls 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well she certainly didn't deserve it for that movie. There was nothing wrong with her acting as Deirdre but nothing special either. I didn't like EEAaO that much but Ke Huy Quan did a great job as an actor. Michelle Yeoh certainly acted well enough to justify the award. But JLC didn't have a lot of acting to do. Unlike the other women in her category who all had to display range and/or have real presence. So her win was weird as even if it was just a case of awarding the movie, Stephanie Hsu was also nominated.

[–]Alienhunter糞大名 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wasn't she given the Oscar for playing that frumpy IRS agent? She's like the epitome of the modern feminist ideal right? Ugly, shit personality, lesbian, lifeless boring career. Seems like a shoe in.

I mean credit where credit is due her acting was pretty good I could practically smell it.