I'm really not all that bummed about missing the horror of seeing Gale live on stage, but I do hate that I missed out on seeing you again this weekend. Next time I'm in NYC? Like, in January, deal?
I've decided he does better in the audiences that are not 95% fangirl or ex-fangirl (i.e. not this past weekend). I think the estrogen throws off his timing. ;-)
Except I don't think my audience was 95% ex-fangirl. There were a lot of theater queens around us. :-( I've decided he's just not a theater actor, he needs to stick to television/film where the camera loves him and he can be subtle and not yelling his lines like he's in a high school production of the show.
Well, if you went this past Saturday or Sunday, I know for a fact there were double digits present, even if some of them appeared to be the usual mild-mannered middle-agers. :) There wll be another fan attendance spike right before Christmas, and several in January, especially during the second-last week.
Still don't think "meh" is bad enough to warrant banishment from an entire medium, but can't help but wonder how he'd be perceived in a role whose character is by definition a shouter, like a Stanley Kowalski.
Besides, Leftovert has "Life On the Ledge" as the standard by which all truly bad Galeperformances should be measured. ;-)
Sorry didn't log myself in in my last response. Nothing could be more horrifying than Life on the Ledge but that was just god awful all around.
Then again I thought Blythe Danner was quite bleh here too. That was the difference for me, she was bleh and Gale was bad. It was like he was doing an imitation of the things he was supposed to be doing, like listening, this exaggerated over the top "I am listening" face and pose and then stumbling over some key lines and then just really loud projection.
And why no Southern accent?
Oy Gale. I think the dye in the hair went to your brain.
So, Is this the closest you've come in contact with teh Gale?
It still seems weird to hear about people interacting with him so... freely? I guess I'm used to the "behind the table at a book signing" stories. I'm surprised he didnt have a little baracade around him :D
No, I have been in close contact with the Gale-ness prior to this at the Tribeca Film Festival, but I have never tipped him for services rendered before.
When he ran off the stage I thought for sure he was running out of the theater to avoid the lunatics. Imagine my surprise when I wandered into the lobby and he was standing like a choir boy on crack with his little weaved basket asking for donations!
That doesn't bode well for my trip to see the play in January. Maybe he just can't perform in front of a live audience. ;) Even if his acting is for shit, is he still ogle-worthy?
I just think his realm is more television/film because he's a person whose facial expressions you want to watch. Theater is a much broader type of acting that he's not at all suited for, IMO.
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90 minutes of my life I will never, ever have back.
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Still don't think "meh" is bad enough to warrant banishment from an entire medium, but can't help but wonder how he'd be perceived in a role whose character is by definition a shouter, like a Stanley Kowalski.
Besides, Leftovert has "Life On the Ledge" as the standard by which all truly bad Galeperformances should be measured. ;-)
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Then again I thought Blythe Danner was quite bleh here too. That was the difference for me, she was bleh and Gale was bad. It was like he was doing an imitation of the things he was supposed to be doing, like listening, this exaggerated over the top "I am listening" face and pose and then stumbling over some key lines and then just really loud projection.
And why no Southern accent?
Oy Gale. I think the dye in the hair went to your brain.
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So, Is this the closest you've come in contact with teh Gale?
It still seems weird to hear about people interacting with him so... freely? I guess I'm used to the "behind the table at a book signing" stories. I'm surprised he didnt have a little baracade around him :D
Too bad he sucked ass on stage :((
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It was quite good when he did that on film :D
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When he ran off the stage I thought for sure he was running out of the theater to avoid the lunatics. Imagine my surprise when I wandered into the lobby and he was standing like a choir boy on crack with his little weaved basket asking for donations!
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