Likes are a very personal thing

Priscilla 2022-02-04 08:17:03

Liking is a very personal thing, so personal that you can only explain cause and effect, but not feelings.

The people we empathize with more often are people who are more similar to us. I like Bates very much, and I have always liked people who are smart and professional, even a little bit sharp, as long as the sharpness hasn't fallen on me for a while. Her disappointment with her daughter, her recognition and respect for the chubby actor's acting skills. That is the belief and pride of their profession. If you have enough self-confidence in your own goodness, you can calmly affirm the goodness of others.

Even, because of the lack of self-confidence in her appearance, I can almost fully receive her mixed feelings about Joan's appearance, jealousy and contempt coexisting. Those of us who are not good-looking and somewhat talented girls, who do not have such a Joan in their lives. She is beautiful, you are jealous of her beauty, and you despise her achievements, secretly guessing her gains, but just relying on a face.

The first time I saw Joan, I didn't like her. . Our feelings often precede our thoughts. This feeling came so quickly, long before I understood the plot. This disgust is not because of the characters, but because of the actors. She looks a lot like my grandma. But I really don't have much love for my patriarchal grandmother, but this thin love has affected the actors.

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  • Terrill 2022-03-22 09:03:04

    Why bother? ! So much time wasted fighting each other instead of achieving each other. Obviously not the same way. It's really sad to see it at the end... / The script behind it feels a bit biased towards "Joan Crawford".

  • Yvonne 2022-04-24 07:01:26

    In fact, I came to gossip on the set, but when I saw it later, I found that the play was empty and the story was weak, which almost made up for it by the actors and atmosphere. Now it seems that it should also be because of the silence of the parties. Regardless, Bette Davis is always the highlight of my heart. She is not as said in the play, she only has talent but no beauty, what she lacks is also luck, the luck that can really be held high by Hollywood as a goddess (such as Katharine Hepburn who made her angry). So she has to work harder, even if she tries to look ugly, in order to survive. She has the zeitgeist in her, she's more of a living, savage licorice. It's a pity that Betty is not the main point of the story. It's still hard to empathize with a woman like Joan Crawford, or her plight.