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Where's the obligatory 'annoying child actor' post?

posted 8 years ago by vinidici
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I think young Natalie Wood was as cute, sweet and winsome as they get in MIRACLE ON 34th STREET but was surprised to see no threads opining the contrary in these boards.

PLEASANTLY surprised.

I'm really sick and tired of those kind of posts. Maybe every once in a great while such posts about child actors are right on the mark; but it just strikes me that it's mostly just ugly and hateful trolling by posters who either hate kids or else they get their jollies in stirring up pots that decent human beings would never think of stirring.

[–] Chesterfield_Invincible 8 years ago

That's because we all agree with you. Natalie Wood was perfect in that movie! I'm only surprised that she didn't get the miniature Oscar that kid performers at the time got.

[–] prplayer 8 years ago

she was remarkable, certainly one of the better child performances i've seen

so many movies, so little time

[–] purplenad2004 7 years ago

She wasn't annoying and I'm guessing most people agree. She seems very mature in this movie.

[–] darthleather2011 7 years ago

Yeah, I get tired of constantly reading "the kid was annoying."

Do people just hate kids or something?

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[–] norway-jm 7 years ago

No, people hate ANNOYING kids. Can you not grasp the difference? According to your logic, if someone hates a particular type of music, that means they hate music. That's a pretty extremist way of looking at things.

[–] vinidici 7 years ago

Ah, but you're comparing an art ("music") with a person, and the analogy thus suffers. The typical "annoying kid actor" posts that I've come across were OP'd by guys (and okay, probably a few women, too) who were weaned on a pickle and who make no attempt to assure everyone that they don't have a problem with kids in general.

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[–] liscarkat (16530) 6 years ago

It is possible to dislike a particular child without disliking all children. It's amazing that this is a concept some people find difficult to understand.

[–] Kawada_Kira (7269) 6 years ago

It's notoriously difficult to direct child actors. By virtue of being children, they inherently don't have a lot of experience, training or education. But some kids have a natural talent and some directors are good at managing them.

In this case it was perfect. She was a great actress who did a great job, very natural and believable. I don't see how anyone could object to her performance.