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Why she gave up about her 3Rd Oscar


She could beat Meryl overrated Streep
I'm sure she can
If she just focus on that

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Streep is definitely NOT overrated!
You don't understand what you are talking about.

Fields is good, and so is Streep.

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Streep is a world class asshole deluxe.

Her acting talent is undeniable though.

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Streep is our best impersonator, not actress. She lacks the intensity to be a great actress like Ellen Burstyn.

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I agree with your first sentence.

Regarding your second sentence, I respect your opinion. For myself, I have always found Streep to be mechanical, technically excellent but emotionally absent. It’s like you can see the machinery working inside her, calculating. It’s like watching a Formula 1 driver like Jenson Button, who is technical perfection and won a world championship, but who lacks passion and balls. Streep is a technician. I don’t think she’s an artist.

Field has a MUCH smaller acting technical arsenal than Streep, but is more warm and human, to
me.

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I can't disagree with your assessment of Streep's acting because the only two movies I've seen her in are Kramer vs Kramer and Defending Your Life! Not a fan of the genre of movie she generally works in. I just reviewed a list of her films and I can't believe the big name movies she was in that I've never seen. But I've basically accepted the general premise that she's an excellent actor.

She's still an asshole deluxe though...




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Watch Jennifer Jason Leigh. Ridgewood High (just a baby), Single White Female, Hudsucker Proxy, Georgia, and later almost unrecognizable in Hateful Eight. Amazing talent.

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