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Poor casting of Mary Anne

posted 8 years ago by hockeyhrs
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Lisa Jane Persky may be a terrific human being and a competent actress, but there is no way of believing that she sprung from the loins of WASP Goddess Blythe Danner . . . . and, no, I don't care how much of Robert Duvall's splooge reached her uterus.

It's called heredity, CSA (Casting Society of America) members!

[–] mrjbaptist 8 years ago

Thought she was great in the role.

But then again, I don't tend to watch films from the point of view of a eugenicist.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5943) 2 years ago

She was great in the role.

[–] liscarkat (16434) a year ago

My wife had a very pretty grandmother, a cute mother, and she herself is very attractive. Her sister, with exactly the same genes, is not attractive at all. It happens.