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Author Archives: Theresa Basile
Formative Performances: Charlize Theron in “Young Adult”
2011 was a great year for women in film, with respected, established actresses and exciting newcomers getting chances to stretch themselves and play different kinds of characters. Of the many strong lead female performances I watched last year, my favorite … Continue reading
Formative Performance: Marisa Tomei in “My Cousin Vinny”
I love me a good sass-mouthed broad, and there are few characters I’ve seen that fit the description more than Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny. People were not happy when Marisa Tomei won the Academy Award for Best … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Mary Stuart Masterson in “Benny and Joon”
As the sister and co-guardian of an adult man with autism, I am equally fascinated and repelled by movies that have disabled characters at their center. I loved Rain Man when I was a kid, and I still love Dustin … Continue reading
Don’t be a Liberal Misogynist
[I swore to myself I wouldn’t write about this, but I can’t seem to help it.] Rush Limbaugh said something vile and misogynistic about Sandra Fluke. A lot of people got justifiably angry. After seven or eight advertisers dropped him … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Pam Grier in “Jackie Brown”
It’s Day 5 of Women’s History Month, and I need y’all to sit your a**es down and shut the f**k up and listen to me talk about Jackie Brown. I’ve talked about Jackie Brown before. She’s the title character of … Continue reading
Sketch Comedy Monday: “The Real Housewives of Disney”
So, Lindsay Lohan hosted Saturday Night Live this weekend, and yeah, whatever. I didn’t watch because I suspected that the show brought her on solely because of her trainwreck status and I have no interest in watching someone self-destruct onscreen. I … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Sarah Polley in “Go”
It’s Day 4 of Women’s History Month. Who cares? Just kidding. Obviously, I care very much. If you mentioned Women’s History Month to this character, however, she would do nothing but give you a contemptuous stare, because if you start … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Gwyneth Paltrow in “Emma”
For Day 3 of Women’s History Month, I’d like to talk about Gwyneth Paltrow. No, seriously. Look, I know we’re not supposed to like Gwyneth Paltrow. Her public persona reeks of privilege and cluelessness about how ordinary people have to … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Kirsten Dunst in “Little Women”
Happy Day 2 of Women’s History Month! For my second entry, I’d like to piggyback on abovethetitle‘s first guest post from yesterday (which I loved, by the way). As we both mentioned, we’re talking about formative performances – the female … Continue reading
Formative Performances: Vivien Leigh in “Gone with the Wind”
Happy Women’s History Month! For the next 31 days, my dear friend abovethetitle and I will be showing film clips of some of our favorite film performances by actresses. These are not necessarily performances that you will see on top … Continue reading