The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
#0The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/8/04 at 12:22pmShe's like BUTTAH!! Like a big ol' stick o'buttah. Her agency representation is Land O'Lakes.
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#1re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/8/04 at 12:24pmShe's brilliant!
#2re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/8/04 at 12:27pmBrilliant and ADORABLE!
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#3re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/8/04 at 12:44pmshe needs to be lauded by the critics when she opens next week, and come back to the stage on this side of the pond more often, after such a glorious debut...
#4re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/8/04 at 1:15pm
OMG I LOVE "Girls Night"!! She is so great in it- made me cry several times, actually. I also loved her in "Secrets and Lies" and "Little Voice" - each a very different movie, but she was brilliant in both. Another movie she was wonderful in was "Lovely & Amazing"- and does anyone remember her part in "The Witches"? She was so funny in it.
But, my favorite Brenda Blethyn movie (and it is really a Brenda Blethyn movie, as she is THE main character), is "Saving Grace" - it's a cute little comedy, and she is both touching and hilarious in it. Worth renting!!
I wish I could see her on stage..
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#5re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/8/04 at 3:43pm"Saving Grace" is a riot! I didn't realize that was Brenda until I read it in her bio. The scene where she goes out on the street for the 1st time and tries "distributing" is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Goes great with some Funyuns.
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
MaTakeALookAtMe
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/13/04
#6re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/8/04 at 5:14pm
In Secrets & Lies, when she remembers the black man...priceless
And, one of my favotite corny movie lines is uttered by Blethyn in Little Voice when she say to the phone repairman (whose name is Buill)" You must be the infamous phone bill"
She is fabulous.. I would love to see Night, Mother
#7re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 10:36am
Why, this was halfway down the second page!!
Let's go with the Brenda love, people!!
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#8re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 12:07pmno one can show Brenda as much love as you, rath... :)
#9re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 12:46pmYes, I am the champion. But I need support!
#10re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:32pmBeav - seriously - this is BRENDA BLETHYN. Impossible to be all loved out!!
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#11re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:34pmI get my support from Calvin Klein.
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#13re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:41pmSecrets And Lies is without a doubt one of the finest screen performances of the last 15 years. She was robbed of the Oscar. Lets hope the Tonys don't repeat the same indignity.
#14re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:42pmNow we're cookin' with gas!! Keep it up.
kissmycookie
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/21/04
#16re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:47pmLove it, Cookie!!
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#17re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:49pmShe's really brilliant in 'night, Mother. Makes me sad that she doesn't have a more worthy co-star.
#18re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:51pmShbrt, that's exactly what I said in my review on the other thread.
Broadway Matt
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/17/03
#19re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:51pm
"The last train out of any station will not be full of nice guys." - Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
"I wash my face, then drink beer, then I weep. Say a prayer and induce insincere self-abuse, till I'm fast asleep"- In Trousers
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#20re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:53pm
Checking it out, Rath...
I wish they'd stuck with Camryn Manheim, somehow.
#21re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:54pmI haven't seen her do anything that would cause me to believe she'd be more worthy, but I haven't seen everything she's done.
ShbrtAlley44
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/1/03
#22re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:56pmI just think she has a quality about her that would allow her to connect more to Jessie. What other actresses do you think would have been good?
#23re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 1:58pmThey should've had Kathy Bates come back and re-create her role....now that would be incredible to see Kathy and Brenda in 'Night Mother. I pay triple the admission price !!!
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#24re: The Brenda Blethyn Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/9/04 at 2:02pmIf they're gonna cast Kathy Bates as the daughter again, they'd have to cast someone like Jessica Tandy (only not dead) as the mother. Brenda is a titch on the young side.
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