I'm a fan of Messing's. People seem prone to make comparisons to Lucille Ball, no doubt because of the red hair and some of the broad slap-stick on W & G. When she tones it down a bit, or when she is playing the straight man, she reminds me much more strongly of the fabulous Myrna Loy--there's a smart, coy quality to her face that I find really appealing.
All that aside, I would no sooner cast her as Tracey Lord than I would Myrna Loy--I think there's too much infectious humor inherent in both of their styles to play the magnificently haughty Main Line debutante.
It may be interesting and it may be fun, but I don't think it will be Right.
"They have never understood, and no reason that they should.
But if anybody could . . . " --SS
Updated On: 2/1/05 at 04:44 PM