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Debbie Reynolds not good


I like Debbie Reynolds, but this was a terrible performance. Her acting was way over the top and phony, and making it worse was that strange lilt she had in her voice in every sentence. I think she was trying to channel Barbara Bel Geddes, but what was charming and natural in Bel Geddes was annoying and eye-rollingly irritating in Reynolds.

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Blame the director, not the actor.

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I doubt Mervyn LeRoy was at fault.

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I agree, she's trying way too hard.

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