I wanted to know in detail what role she plays in the movie?
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Lisa: How come no one thinks I'm female?
She is the best friend of Campbell Scott's character (the main character). She is there from the beginning, thorough the whole decade. A great role for an exceptional actress.
shareShe is the sister of Fuzzy, Campbell Scott's lover. She is also a friend to all of the men and appears in most of the film.
shareNo. She is actually Fuzzy's friend from childhood, not his sister (Fuzzy talks about how he used to hang out at her house, and she says to him: "My mom LOVED you") She meets the rest of the men through Fuzzy after he hooks up with Willie. She is also the next-door neighbor of the soap opera actor.
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Fuzzy talks about how he used to hang out at her house, and she says to him: "My mom LOVED you"
As much as I loved this movie and think very highly of how well it was done, I found her character to be kind of annoying and the least endearing of all of them. She came across kind of like a patronizing rah-rah to me.
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how many times has she been in an AIDS or gay themed movie?
Longtime Comnpanion (friend)
Boys on the Side (dies of AIDS)
A Place for Annie (dies of AIDS)
Angels in America (wife of closet case)
I agree.
Her character was a bit too 'forced' for me, and she seemed to be some sort of token *something* in the film.
I think the film could have done quite well without her character in it. I wouldn't have missed her one bit, as I would have any of the other main characters.
JMHO!
"I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than..a rude remark or a vulgar action" Blanche DuBois
I agree. I just recently watched this again and she was really quite irratating.
There is nothing free except the grace of God
Just watched this, and dammit, Mary-Louise has barely aged a day since this movie! And it's been twenty *beep* years!
Is there life out there?
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Mary-Louise Parker's character Lisa is the token 'fag-hag' Apologies to anyone offended by that term.
My straight friend Jenny was a F-H. When we lived in Dc, she preferred to hang out with her 'gay boys' (her words), go to their clubs and on vacations with them. They called her their fag-hag.
i hung out with the group whenever my boyfriend wasn't around, so i was only a F-H in training.
The way that U wander is the way that U choose the day that U tarry is the day that U lose
One of my buddies married an F-H (he's straight, trust me) Her gay friends have become his friends as well as their children's "uncles"
shareNot really a "fag-hag" - since she was attractive enough on her own to attract her own str8 boyfriend.
"Fag-hags" are usually overweight girls who get no attention from str8 men so they exclusively hang out with gay men, who could care less about their female friend's appearance (although they may make fun of her weight when she's not around). Inevitably, of course, the poor dear confuses "friendship" with "love" and things eventually go south.
"Don't call me 'honey', mac."
"Don't call me 'mac'... HONEY!"
She plays the "All-Supportive Female Friend". I'm glad they eventually showed her involved with a str8 man instead of limiting her time to nothing but her gay pals.
She starts out as providing support to her gay pal Alan but eventually she plays that role for all of those gay boys.
"Don't call me 'honey', mac."
"Don't call me 'mac'... HONEY!"