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Way too emotional in Homeland


Homeland is a great show, top notch. But her character is so f**ing emotional, it looks like she's about to cry in every scene. Just had to get that off my chest.

Anyone else agree?

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She's portraying a manic-depressive.

Her acting is flawless. In fact, for those who are familiar with bi-polar people, she's so scarily accurate, it's uncanny.

Nope, she's not way too emotional.

But she is probably the best actress working today aside from Meryl Streep.

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She is perfect for her portrayal of Carrie Mathieson, but remember it's the writing that animates her, it is not her own doing. That show has top notch writing, and fantastic directing, some of the best in the world.

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trinitysitesarah will never see this message, as she wrote it on IMDB, but my reply is that no, her acting is not flawless. She overdoes her "manic-depressive". It's ridiculous. She wouldn't allowed in a CIA office, let alone the field offices around the world. She is far too emotional and overdoes it.

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I agree!!!!!

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Well said. That should have been the end of this thread since you nailed it. I used to know a girl who although she wasn't bipolar, had bipolar tendencies. Carrie reminds me of her a little bit. And yes, Danes does a phenomenal job. It is dead on. It's hard to use the word flawless and not sound like you're exaggerating, but in this case, I am not. This is flawless acting by Claire Danes.

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I know a few Bi-polar/Manic-Depressive people and they are not that emotional. But yes, she is still doing a good job.

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She's portraying a manic-depressive.

Her acting is flawless. In fact, for those who are familiar with bi-polar people, she's so scarily accurate, it's uncanny.

Nope, she's not way too emotional.

But she is probably the best actress working today aside from Meryl Streep ~



#awesome post

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Yep, her portrayal of manic behavior and delusional thinking after she got out of the hospital and was off her clozapine was frightening familiar.

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yes, indeed!!

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Agreed 100%. Brilliant acting.

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Agreed

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