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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 13, 2021 19:20:38 GMT
When it comes to prestige-ish TV series, every major movie actress doing small screen work right now is living in the shadow of Nicole Kidman. I don't know what the fuck it is or quite how she has done it, but she's bottled some secret sauce that gets her both insane level of audience engagement and major awards recognition. Usually, it's one or the other, but rarely both. For The Undoing to be the most watched HBO series of 2020, and surpassing Kidman's previous megahit series Big Little Lies in audience numbers is crazy. She has arguably become the most dominant actress on television, after only two projects. All that is my way of saying that I think Winslet and this show may have a hard act to follow, when it comes to creating the kind of water cooler TV that seems to come so easily for Kidman. But still, it's HBO and she has a solid track record with them for Mildred Pierce. I don't see this getting a Big Little Lies/Undoing level of audience, but it could be a solid critical hit for HBO. Yeah, The Undoing was still a far bigger global hit. It broke ratings records in non-US territories that Mare Of Easttown didn't come close to. Mare Of East town was definitely a bigger hit than I thought it would be (and a much bigger critical success, which wasn't that surprising).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2021 19:23:31 GMT
pupdurcs - I'm just playing with you. Honestly though, I'm truly shocked that Kidman, Sutherland, and The Undoing were all snubbed... Maybe Nine Perfect Strangers will be a bigger hit with the Emmys.
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Post by pupdurcs on Jul 13, 2021 19:30:58 GMT
pupdurcs - I'm just playing with you. Honestly though, I'm truly shocked that Kidman, Sutherland, and The Undoing were all snubbed... Maybe Nine Perfect Strangers will be a bigger hit with the Emmys. I'm not shocked. Like I said on the other thread,about 3 weeks ago Kidman wasn't getting nominated, and I thought the show overall could get alot of snubs. The Undoing was a gigantic popular hit, but an average critical success (despite doing great in the winter awards with less competition). As a winter release it was always vulnerable to more acclaimed releases that came out later in time for the Emmy's. The biggest shock by far are the Small Axe snubs. That was such a critical behemoth that I saw no way it could miss at the Emmys.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Jul 14, 2021 1:27:29 GMT
finally Nicholson has a thing
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Post by pacinoyes on Aug 10, 2021 19:04:33 GMT
www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2021-08-10/kate-winslet-mare-of-easttownHaving Mare withdrawals? Kate Winslet is talking about going back to Easttown
These conversations aren’t limited to Zoom calls that begin in the early evening and wind their way through the night, with Winslet rising up at one point, pulling her hair into a ponytail and turning on a lamp because the house has gone dark. There are also discussions holding tantalizing ramifications. She and “Mare” creator Brad Ingelsby have talked and texted regularly about what a second chapter for Mare might look like, throwing ideas around and trying to crack a satisfying story.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Sept 16, 2021 5:49:01 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 3:31:54 GMT
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Post by quetee on Sept 20, 2021 3:39:21 GMT
Doesn't Kate just need a Tony?
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 20, 2021 3:41:57 GMT
Doesn't Kate just need a Tony? Yes, but she was already in that position before tonight. She won an Emmy 10 years ago.
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Post by quetee on Sept 20, 2021 3:47:35 GMT
Doesn't Kate just need a Tony? Yes, but she was already in that position before tonight. She won an Emmy 10 years ago. Yeah, I know for that remake.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2021 3:48:25 GMT
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Post by mhynson27 on Sept 20, 2021 4:11:34 GMT
Preferably when I'm in NY next year!
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Post by futuretrunks on Sept 20, 2021 4:51:24 GMT
I don't get the fixation some people have on theater. Clearly, it's not at all a priority for some very successful, very talented film and TV actors who would probably be wonderful at it. The fact that Kate and Leo do a Revolutionary Road with astounding perfomances directed by a theater directorial veteran (Mendes), surrounded by a cast of anointed theater greats, and smack their hands together like "Wow, that was fun. I got that out of my system" says alot.
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Post by pacinoyes on Sept 20, 2021 11:11:44 GMT
I don't get the fixation some people have on theater. Clearly, it's not at all a priority for some very successful, very talented film and TV actors who would probably be wonderful at it. The fact that Kate and Leo do a Revolutionary Road with astounding perfomances directed by a theater directorial veteran (Mendes), surrounded by a cast of anointed theater greats, and smack their hands together like "Wow, that was fun. I got that out of my system" says alot. I don't think that's the same thing though: Winslet is British for one thing - it's more in the DNA to do it than it is for DiCap - and she did theater - once? - then famously stopped and announced she was stopping - just as she was getting famous ........ her 2 biggest "rivals" who aren't really her rivals imo because they are older - Kidman & Blanchett -have done theater a lot .......even though I personally don't really lump them together .........most people do. For DiCap he's just seen like Nicholson, Phoenix, Gosling, DeNiro (somewhat - he tried it though in '86) as an American who doesn't do it.....no one cares .......there's no context or pressure for him or them like there is for her. Revolutionary Road (great book) still wasn't (ever) a play - a better example for Winslet would be Carnage actually I love both of those actors............. but to cite Revolutionary Road is giving them a sort "phantom credit" for a type of work they didn't actually do there imo.
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Post by futuretrunks on Sept 20, 2021 21:35:32 GMT
I don't get the fixation some people have on theater. Clearly, it's not at all a priority for some very successful, very talented film and TV actors who would probably be wonderful at it. The fact that Kate and Leo do a Revolutionary Road with astounding perfomances directed by a theater directorial veteran (Mendes), surrounded by a cast of anointed theater greats, and smack their hands together like "Wow, that was fun. I got that out of my system" says alot. I don't think that's the same thing though: Winslet is British for one thing - it's more in the DNA to do it than it is for DiCap - and she did theater - once? - then famously stopped and announced she was stopping - just as she was getting famous ........ her 2 biggest "rivals" who aren't really her rivals imo because they are older - Kidman & Blanchett -have done theater a lot .......even though I personally don't really lump them together .........most people do. For DiCap he's just seen like Nicholson, Phoenix, Gosling, DeNiro (somewhat - he tried it though in '86) as an American who doesn't do it.....no one cares .......there's no context or pressure for him or them like there is for her. Revolutionary Road (great book) still wasn't (ever) a play - a better example for Winslet would be Carnage actually I love both of those actors............. but to cite Revolutionary Road is giving them a sort "phantom credit" for a type of work they didn't actually do there imo. It's more that the performances felt very Kazan-esque, Actor's Studio-y. Lots of extended one-on-one, highly emotional, charged scenes. I can definitely see how RR could be adapted quite easily into a theatrical production and how the performances would transfer flawlessly.
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Post by ibbi on Sept 21, 2021 12:59:28 GMT
I don't think that's the same thing though: Winslet is British for one thing - it's more in the DNA to do it than it is for DiCap - and she did theater - once? - then famously stopped and announced she was stopping - just as she was getting famous ........ her 2 biggest "rivals" who aren't really her rivals imo because they are older - Kidman & Blanchett -have done theater a lot .......even though I personally don't really lump them together .........most people do. For DiCap he's just seen like Nicholson, Phoenix, Gosling, DeNiro (somewhat - he tried it though in '86) as an American who doesn't do it.....no one cares .......there's no context or pressure for him or them like there is for her. Revolutionary Road (great book) still wasn't (ever) a play - a better example for Winslet would be Carnage actually I love both of those actors............. but to cite Revolutionary Road is giving them a sort "phantom credit" for a type of work they didn't actually do there imo. It's more that the performances felt very Kazan-esque, Actor's Studio-y. Lots of extended one-on-one, highly emotional, charged scenes. I can definitely see how RR could be adapted quite easily into a theatrical production and how the performances would transfer flawlessly. How can you compare being directed by a theatre director in a theatrically staged and performed movie to performing in front of a live audience? No multiple takes, no cuts, no closeups. Night after night after night.
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Post by stabcaesar on Sept 25, 2021 15:02:00 GMT
Just finished this. I actually guessed the killer on like episode 4 or 5, though I changed my mind afterwards lol.
Winslet, Smart and Nicholson were sensational. Overall a very strong show.
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