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Friday, August 11, 2017

Fine. I'll say it. I have never like James Cagney's performances. In anything. I thought him overrated as an actor. There, I said it.

Never big on Spencer Tracy or Laurence Olivier. Just left me cold. But Meryl Streep is the worst of all.

Miguel GFZ said...: You are a heathen But I must agree on Meryl Streep. She has two emotions: Stupid and Crying.; August 11, 2017 at 6:45 AM
Borepatch said...: But ... but ... she had a farm in Africa!; August 11, 2017 at 6:49 AM
JC said...: Cagney was a heck of a dancer, though.; August 11, 2017 at 7:47 PM
Anonymous said...: You clearly never saw him in One, Two, Three. If you had you could not possibly have avoided using the term "wooden".; August 13, 2017 at 4:45 PM
Will said...: I have a vague recollection of his last movie. He was good, I think. Two character movie. Now I need to look it up, ...; August 15, 2017 at 5:09 PM
Will said...: Interesting history of Cagney's farm on Martha's Vinyard. Seems he was the first celebrity to move there:

http://mvmagazine.com/news/2011/05/01/james-cagney%E2%80%99s-island-refuge; August 19, 2017 at 11:04 PM