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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:36 PM Original message |
Dern: 'Ellen' kiss put me out of work (AP/CNN) |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Maybe she couldn't get work because she's not that talented. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Hollywood/talent? They go together? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That is just awful |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. *scratches head* your post seems mismatched to the post you replied to. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. No it is not, read it again |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
44. well, I carefully reread all the posts and I still disagree with you. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 03:27 PM Response to Reply #44 |
54. If she were gay and had trouble getting work after that episode |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 04:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Did Will Smith, Kevin Kline, Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve suffer? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #55 |
59. I don't know, I suppose you would have to ask them. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. . |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Guess her sharing her experiences with Ellen, the star of the show, |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Where did I say that? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Let me be sure to try to find a video of her appearance on Ellen |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Actually, YOU are the one making assumptions. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:20 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Nope, your post is what it is. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Read this: |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Not "Point, set, match" |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. "I'm hottah than Gohgia asphalt" |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:53 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Her husband is the best thing about her. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. you beat me to it. she's simply not that good of an actress |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Apparently that's not it |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. Then how does she explain Ellen, who is actually gay, getting work? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:26 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I was being snarky, but my point was that unless someone |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. D'oh! Meant to respond to OP. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Hey, SA! |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:29 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Doing okay. |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #23 |
40. ellen had a hard time finding work for a few years after her show. it was all very predictable; |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. So why hasn't Dern's career rebounded as well? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #42 |
69. roles dried up for both at the time, as you'll recall |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:42 AM Response to Reply #42 |
79. anti-gay backlash and Dern being a bad actress are not mutually exclusive. nt |
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mudesi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
33. Was she bad in Jurassic Park? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
63. she was fine |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
37. I read all the posts following, and I'm with you, Midlo |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
60. "Dern's crying is like a Sofia Coppolla death scene." |
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Geoff R. Casavant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 10:57 PM Response to Reply #60 |
76. Take it, enjoy! |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
41. And just an FYI - regarding your "no talent" opinion |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. well, you might not want to equate golden globes with talent: Pia Zadora comes to mind. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. She has won more recognition than just the Golden Globe |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 04:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. you're accusing me of being intolerant? |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. I am making an observation based on the posting. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #1 |
45. Laura Dern? Untalented? |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Dern has on occasion been a Brilliant actress and had been nominated once for an Oscar. eom |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hollywood is VERY homophobic - I know it may seem a contradiction, |
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Marnieworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
50. I don't think it's homophobia |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. One of the top 10 funniest sitcom episodes I have ever seen |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. It is easy to see why people are so conservative |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. I don't buy it. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I don't either. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You might want to read upthread. Apparently we'll all wrong about her talent |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #21 |
31. Yeah I saw that. |
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GumboYaYa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I think that Ellen spent a few years looking for work after that episode. |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Did Ellen make a "comeback"? |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Her comeback was voicing that character for "Finding Nemo". |
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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. in her interview with Barbara Walters after the Oscars, she said she did |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. It's because I'm getting older. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
61. I think it was getting rid of Anne Heche -- seriously |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
66. yeah there's that |
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Jamastiene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 11:59 PM Response to Reply #61 |
78. Anne Heche is psychotic. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 07:39 AM Response to Reply #78 |
82. And, treated her soon-to-be ex just like she treated Ellen? |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #35 |
65. yes i'm amazed people don't remember the struggle she had EOM |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
24. What's she complaining about? At least she got her toaster oven. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. Um.. maybe it's because she's annoying, and not an "A" list-er to start with? |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. not surprising at all; it used to be very dangerous to 'play gay' on tv/movies. those people who |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
46. It probably had a lot to do with her getting older. |
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Madspirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
48. I like Laura Dern |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
49. Why would someone who was the female lead in the biggest blockbuster ever (Jurrassic Park 1994) |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
51. Not credible |
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genie_weenie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
52. I think Dern pissed too many people off |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. i think so too, but both women report a problem after the episode aired |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
57. She would know better than I, but it looks like her big screen hiatus came after Citizen Ruth |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
64. I don't even remeber this woman. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #64 |
67. you are no david lynch fan, are you, -- sure i got pix |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Oh! Jurassic Park! I was in 6th grade when that came out! |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 06:03 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. surely you would be the only 6th grader in america who did not see the film? |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
70. I am SO SAD that this is the top story in GD. |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. the story is 2 women kissed, then both struggled to get work again |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 06:04 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. Are you sure this woman's career suffered because |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 08:26 PM Response to Reply #71 |
74. You guess I'm a man? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. ABSOLUTELY NOT!!! |
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HardRocker05 (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 02:46 AM Response to Reply #70 |
80. I am so sad you think so; and F you if you think gays are a 'freak show.' nt |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 07:29 AM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Yesterday was a bad day for posting, I guess. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
77. Have you seen Inland Empire? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
83. Andy Robinson, playing the Scorpio Killer in "Dirty Harry"... |
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