I was so happy for Daphne when I saw her in the film! What a surprise. I hadn't heard anything--or read anything on here--about her having a bit part in the movie. I was so psyched for her to get exposure in such a big film that I hardly heard anything that she said, though I realized it was something about ***spoiler***... a woman taking care of herself and not depending on a man for money, lest they get divorced, like the case of the auction they were at. Which makes Carrie do what she does.
Anyway, I thought it was a shame they called her "Baby-Voiced Woman." But I suppose it beats a credit as "Woman in Bathroom." "Auction Woman" would have worked for me, but I guess some people would confuse her with the older auctioneer lady. "Independent Woman" is even more to the point...
Another thought: While someone up the thread said Joanna Gleason looked like a man, I didn't think that. However, I noticed that in her close-up, as well as the close-ups in the heavily-made-up wedding day scenes, EVERYONE's lipstick is smudged. Lots of lipstick smudged in this film. For a movie rooted so much in fashion and beauty, couldn't they have smoothed out our leading ladies' lips a bit before they printed the film? (Same could be said about forgetting to edit out some of the boom mics that supposedly appeared in some scenes, but I forgot to look for them since I was just enjoying watching the movie.)
One more thing: I realized after the fact that it seemed that Jennifer Hudson and Daphne were the only ethnic people with lines in this movie. I'm white, but it bothered me the more I thought about it. For a movie that prominently features "New York," you'd think they'd put more diversity into it. (**Spoiler** Even when Miranda is looking for an apartment, she says "White guy with a baby, follow him," right there in the middle of Chinatown or whatever ethnic area it was.) I know the film is about four well-to-do-white women, and I hate media-spun "PC" stuff, which wasn't really an issue in promoting this film. But considering the people who made the movie, I wonder if they thought about such things. There were lots of ethnic girls in the audience where I saw it, in Chicago. Wonder how that made them feel, if anything.
"There is no use trying," said Alice; "one can't believe impossible things." "I dare say you haven't had the practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." --Alice in Wonderland
Updated On: 6/1/08 at 04:25 PM