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Too great to be good
Does Daniel Day-Lewis' overwrought, Oscar-nominated turn in "There Will Be Blood" prove he's too taken with himself to surrender to a role?
By Stephanie Zacharek [2008-02-20]

  • Oh please.

    This is pure pandering and grandstanding. The only thing interesting is Zacharek is taking a cheap shots at at a male star for once. Too bad she can't accuse him of plastic surgery.

    Also:

    I recently received an e-mail letter from a professional actor who was dismayed both by Day-Lewis' performance and by audiences' response to it: "Weird how so many people confuse 'acting that you can see' with great acting," he wrote -- as concise and honest a summation of the way we want to be impressed by craft as I've ever read.

    Ooooh! A professional actor? Why that makes all the difference. I take he does acting you can't see - does that mean subtle, not particulary interesting or just unlikely to be cast?

    -- softdog
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    Tuesday, February 19, 2008 07:27 PM
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