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OK, now for 'That Gal...Who Was in That Thing.'

posted 11 years ago by silverfish-1
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I enjoyed this documentary, and it made sense to have the interviews with all males. Now, they need to do the same thing, but with all females. There are some great females that could be considered "character actresses." A few that come to mind are Ileana Douglas, Frances Conroy, Wendie Malick, and Kathy Baker.

It seems there tend to be less women in a cast list for a movie. By those standards, one of the topics that might come up is, "Is it harder during the audition process?" or "Did it take more convincing of the director/producer that you are right for the part?", etc.

I'm hoping they produce a follow-up.

Raised or lowered? Anyone, anyone? Raised.

[–] BelleCBelle 11 years ago

I wanted to see if there were any posts regarding the act that no female actors were interviewed, and here is your post.

I am curious - why does it make sense to you that this doc did not include women? I am wondering why the filmmakers chose not to include women. Perhaps from their perspectives (which certainly wouldn't be mine as the closest I have ever come to acting was lying to my mom when I was a kid) there isn't much difference between the sexes when it comes to living the life of an actor? Nah, I don't believe that one!

I enjoyed the film but did get tired of thinking to myself "What about the women!"

[–] jmix66 11 years ago

A female edition would be far less pleasant as Hollywood's fickle nature bout women and age would be unpleasantly revealed. There are many female character actors who don't get work because they are too old or they aren't conventionally attractive as they age.

Bad films are a crime against humanity.

[–] chicago85 11 years ago

They get work but it shifts. They can go from femme fatale to mother roles.

I remember Goldie Hawn's character in "The First Wife's Club." Its a rude shock when she finds her role in a new movie will be as Sarah Jessica Parker's mother and her usual role will go to Jessica.

[–] YoSafBridge 11 years ago

I just want to make a cast list for the female version. I'd also say that Teryl Rothery and Beth Grant should get a shout out.

[–] Razor187 11 years ago

Here's a lot of ideas:

Nicki Aycox
Arija Bareikis
Anna Belknap
Rachel Blanchard
Lauren Bowles
Colleen Camp
Kelly Carlson
Rosalind Chao
Claudia Christian
Sarah Clarke (Xander Berkeley's wife, shown briefly in this movie)
Margaret Colin
Christina Cox
Wendy Crewson
EG Daily
Lisa Darr
Amanda Detmer
Linda Emond
Tovah Feldshuh
Thea Gill
Jessalyn Gilsig
Caroline Goodall
Lori Heuring
Judith Hoag
Deirdre Lovejoy
Rebecca Mader
Roma Maffia
Paula Malcolmson
Stephanie March
Carolyn McCormick
Lonette McKee
Dina Meyer
Elizabeth Mitchell
Meredith Monroe
Amy Morton
Donna Murphy
Park Overall
Aleksa Palladino
Carly Pope
Maeve Quinlan
Diana Scarwid
Wendy Schaal
Judith Scott
Susanna Thompson
Tamara Tunie
Emmanuelle Vaugier
Dee Wallace Stone
Susan Ward
Katheryn Winnick
Amanda Wyss
Grace Zabriskie

And so Governor Devlin, because even the cost of freedom can be too high, I REFUSE your pardon!

[–] YoSafBridge 11 years ago

Now THAT is a list. Good job.

I recognize only about 10 of those names...and the ones I do recognize immediately made me go "oh, yeah, she's in a lot of stuff"

[–] Anscules 10 years ago

I think it makes a lot of sense to split the genders into their own films. Scrambling for parts and being taken advantage of have always gone hand in hand.

"Rampart: Squad 51."

[–] TheSeeker7 10 years ago

well okay, razor, but looking over that list, there is one particular question that comes to mind.

I can't help but wonder if, and then how many, would respond to such a query unkindly because they were of the mind that they were above most of the others included, that they'd been too busy and successful in their careers to reasonably be "lumped in" with many of these other names. I do honestly think such a "problem" would be more likely to happen (and happen more) within the womens' side of things, as opposed to the mens'. And I do hope that doesn't make me sound sexist or anything, it does seem like a bit of a double standard, but we all know there are certain accepted double standards in our society.

I think the "well I'm certainly above THEM" speech would definitely be more likely to come in multiple waves from a film covering the female side of the topic.

[–] nickie-preston 10 years ago

Add Dale Dickey and Dendrie Taylor to the list!

[–] charles-40-708665 10 years ago

THAT GAL...WHO WAS IN THAT THING is being shot and should see the light of day before the end of 2014.

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[–] charles-40-708665 10 years ago

It's official - THAT GAL...WHO WAS IN THAT THING will premiere on Showtime in March, 2015.

[–] Cletus-Van-Dam 10 years ago

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing that. A little unsolicited piece of advice- it really needs better camera work than "That Guy...Who Was In That Thing".

I really loved the documentary but the camera work was distracting and took me 'out of the moment' while watching it. There were quite a lot of focus issues and several times the camera moved around and didn't frame the actors at all, even though it was a stationary 'talking head' shot.

There's a shadow on you son.