Lazy Susan (2020) -
I feel like this is just a film to prove that anyone can play anyone, that is after all the job of an actor, but nobody complained when Eddie Redmayne played Stephen Hawking instead of an actor who actually has ALS and that's because he did it well and suited the role. There does seem to be a lot of discussion surrounding this lately though.
I believe that Warwick Davies is a champion for Dwarf roles for Dwarf actors and there are people saying that gay roles should go to gay actors. Personally I am still upset that Will Truman (Eric McCormack) was not played by a gay man in 'Will & Grace', but only because I fell in love with him all those years ago and thought that we would become lovers if I ever moved to America. It could still happen?
I believe in the best person for the job, no matter what, so it's a shame that this particular film wasn't a better made, more mainstream film to get that point across and while I like Sean Hayes usually, I'm not sure that this is his best work or that he was the right one for the role. The outfits he wears as Susan certainly aren't flattering. It might work better if his look was less dowdy. I don't however feel that he wasn't playing a woman, I just didn't feel that this was the best production to show the versatility of actors and that no one should be guaranteed a part just because they were born or grew to be one way or another, if that was indeed what they were going for. There are too many female actors out there to list that I think would have been a better Susan.
I think that the film is actually supposed to be a bit ridiculous and in this it excels, but not really in a good way, but oddly enough, it is inoffensive.
In some ways it's like watching Jack from 'Will & Grace' if he didn't have Will and Karen to back him financially and was a female, because Sean doesn't really come across as a different character.
Essentially the story doesn't lead anywhere, it's more of a snapshot of Susan's life, which doesn't have anything going for it, which means that there isn't really anything exciting happening for the viewer.
I've said a lot that is down on the film, but it does have a certain something to it that I can't quite put my finger on. Let's put it this way, I didn't turn it off and I do feel that I might return to it again some day, but I have no immediate plans to revisit it at this time. I will see how my life plays out and what my memory tells me or emotes in me when I am next presented with an opportunity to view it again and make the decision then.
470.91/1000.
I feel like this is just a film to prove that anyone can play anyone, that is after all the job of an actor, but nobody complained when Eddie Redmayne played Stephen Hawking instead of an actor who actually has ALS and that's because he did it well and suited the role. There does seem to be a lot of discussion surrounding this lately though.
I believe that Warwick Davies is a champion for Dwarf roles for Dwarf actors and there are people saying that gay roles should go to gay actors. Personally I am still upset that Will Truman (Eric McCormack) was not played by a gay man in 'Will & Grace', but only because I fell in love with him all those years ago and thought that we would become lovers if I ever moved to America. It could still happen?
I believe in the best person for the job, no matter what, so it's a shame that this particular film wasn't a better made, more mainstream film to get that point across and while I like Sean Hayes usually, I'm not sure that this is his best work or that he was the right one for the role. The outfits he wears as Susan certainly aren't flattering. It might work better if his look was less dowdy. I don't however feel that he wasn't playing a woman, I just didn't feel that this was the best production to show the versatility of actors and that no one should be guaranteed a part just because they were born or grew to be one way or another, if that was indeed what they were going for. There are too many female actors out there to list that I think would have been a better Susan.
I think that the film is actually supposed to be a bit ridiculous and in this it excels, but not really in a good way, but oddly enough, it is inoffensive.
In some ways it's like watching Jack from 'Will & Grace' if he didn't have Will and Karen to back him financially and was a female, because Sean doesn't really come across as a different character.
Essentially the story doesn't lead anywhere, it's more of a snapshot of Susan's life, which doesn't have anything going for it, which means that there isn't really anything exciting happening for the viewer.
I've said a lot that is down on the film, but it does have a certain something to it that I can't quite put my finger on. Let's put it this way, I didn't turn it off and I do feel that I might return to it again some day, but I have no immediate plans to revisit it at this time. I will see how my life plays out and what my memory tells me or emotes in me when I am next presented with an opportunity to view it again and make the decision then.
470.91/1000.