From: mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak)
Subject: Re: DOOL: Christie Clark [Carrie]
Keywords: what a cutie!
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 18:32:29 GMT

In article <Dec.29.12.55.37.1992.23548@gandalf.rutgers.edu> shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Susan R. Hagan) writes:
>mins@cbnewsf.cb.att.com (timothy.j.mizerak) writes:
>>Can I add Carrie to my list of sexy women?   Boy, she sure is
>>cute!  I love the long hair and her smile.  It is so nice to
>
>She is very cute, but I like the other Carrie better.  Clark

Gasp!  Choke!  SUSAN!!!   You have disappointed me tremendously!
I had such high hopes for you.  :-)


>This jump from 12 to 19 is a little much for me to take and especially
>since it is the same actress.  Its easier to take an age jump when
>they change actresses.


I don't understand your point at all.  The jump from 12 to 19 has 
occurred because about 7 years have passed.   I guess it would be
like not seeing a distant cousin for a long time and being a little
taken back by how much she changed.   What, do you want someone else
assuming her identity, ala John Black?  I find it rather nice to see
the same actor over a long period of time.  Being able to watch the
character age naturally makes it  all the more realistic for me.


>Also, she is very wooden with everyone. At first I thought she was just
>that way with Austin and Billie, but after the Christmas show, I can see
>that she is that way with everyone - even the people she's worked with
>before.


I don't find her wooden, but I suppose that compared to the wild
overacting that Tracy spewed forth, it might appear that way.


>At first I was also blaming her woodenness on the limited range of Billie
>and Austin, but then I realized that if she is such a good actress - she
>should make them look better, not vice versa.


But they are sooooooooooooooooooo bad.   I'm not sure that Meryll Streep
could make those two look better.   I know that you consider Crystal a
good actress, but you don't think she makes RKK look better, do you?
Not to mention that poor Christie is out-numbered.  :)


>I'm willing to give her a chance, but if she doesn't loosen up and show some
>range soon, I'm going to have to start missing Tracy.  I don't know why 
>everyone hated her so much. 


I hated her from day one when she appeared on the prime-time episode and
I contend that I was the first to say so here.   This is why:

1.  She couldn't act worth a darn.  I could have done a better job.  I
couldn't watch a single scene she was in without constantly having that
"these are people reading lines from a teleprompter" feeling.  Her
initial antagonism with Marlena was so forced and overdone that it was
uncomfortable to watch.

2.  Her portrayal of Carrie was completely inconsistent with the
previous portrayals.   When a character is recast it is just that, the
casting of a different actor to play the SAME character.  If they 
wanted someone new they would have just dreamed up a new character.

3.  She often spoke so  quickly and with such slurring that I didn't
know what she was saying.

4.  Tracy did a terrible job of showing the different facets of Carrie.
One second she is a bitch, the next she is vulnerable, the next she is
caring and responsible.  But this was never tied together nor done in
a believable fashion.  


I really don't think it was the result of any bias that we all agreed
that Tracy couldn't act.   I've had the show on at home and people have
been over that don't watch DAYS.  When Tracy comes on they'd say "What?
Who are they trying to kid?  This is ridiculous!"


>Sure, she had this wierd habit of sticking
>her chin out all the time, but I got used to that.  She wasn't level-headed
>like Christie apparently was, but that doesn't make her a bad actress.


You should say that she wasn't level-headed like CARRIE apparently was,
and that DOES make her a bad actress!!!!


>The writers decided to make Carrie into someone who felt like she had to
>prove to the world that she was together, while on the inside, she was
>a scared little girl.  I think she did that really well.  

Sigh.  

>I get the feeling that Christie doesn't know who Carrie is anymore and
>so we don't get anything out of her.


Christie has some warming up to do, granted.  But believe me, she *IS*
Carrie.   She knows perfectly well "who Carrie is" and if you think 
Tracy was better, then I'm sorry, but you don't know "who Carrie is".

Oh, Happy Holidays!  :)   Hey Vickie?  Your turn.............


>Susan R. Hagan (shagan@gandalf.rutgers.edu) 
>Publications Coordinator - User Services
>Rutgers University Computing Services


Tim

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