Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics- Page 2

[PalJoey]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#25

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:30pm

Because Piven's lies were laughably tissue-thin.

Parker carried this off with an unmistakable grace--and, as Goth, sort of points out, responding to critics is usually a no-win situation for anyone who receives reviews.

Mary-Louise Parker wins.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#26

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:42pm

If you say so.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#27

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:43pm

Mary-Louise Parker always wins.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#28

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:47pm

Not when it came to Billy Crudup.

[luvtheEmcee]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#29

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:49pm

Okay, almost always.

A work of art is an invitation to love.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#30

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:49pm

:)

[PalJoey]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#31

Posted: 3/9/09 at 12:58pm

Did you actually believe Piven? Answer honestly.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#32

Posted: 3/9/09 at 1:00pm

No. But I don't believe her, either.

My point is that there's no rhyme or reason as to who gets the board's seal of approval to besmirch and who doesn't.

[orangeskittles]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#33

Posted: 3/9/09 at 1:15pm

Piven never had the balls to speak with the press until long after the fact; it was all through his publicist and shady doctor.

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Wanting life but never knowing how

[FindingNamo]

re: Mary-Louise Parker Responds to Critics#34

Posted: 3/9/09 at 2:08pm

Phyl, your overarching theme lately seems to be a quest for utter consistency and and a virtual world with unbreechable and unassailable rules and regulations defined clearly and executed transparently.

But life is chaotic and to paraphrase Dana Carvey's George HW Bush: "Not guh happa."

To quote Margaret Hamilton's broom: "Surrender Dorothy."

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[papalovesmambo]

mary-louise parker rules!#35

Posted: 3/9/09 at 2:15pm

someday that piece of s*** crudup will answer for his crimes.

r.i.p. marco, my guardian angel.

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[Borstalboy]

mary-louise parker rules!#36

Posted: 3/9/09 at 2:27pm

Sometimes talent is worth the pain. As an acquaintance of mine once said about his working with MLP, "She's a huge pain in the ass but I love her...LOVE her."

For my money, the true blue, effed up, incorrigable spoiled brats don't get much work: Holliday, Buckley, Nicol Williamson, and now probably Piven rarely work in New York. Parker, on the other hand, seems to have no shortage of actors and directors who are willing to work with her.

"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.” ~ Muhammad Ali

[Tom1071]

mary-louise parker rules!#37

Posted: 3/9/09 at 2:55pm

What is MLP's reputation and what's the Billy Crudup story?

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

mary-louise parker rules!#38

Posted: 3/9/09 at 3:17pm

Phyllis, I think part of it too is the fact that Piven came to Broadway as the headliner of a high profile revival, then just as quickly seemed to bail on the show after seemingly complaining about the strict schedule while partying hard at night. Then all of the sudden, he gets mercury poisoning, plausible? yes, sketchy? definitely.
Mary-Louise Parker is not only one of the most acclaimed actresses working today but she consistently returns to the stage regardless of her TV fame, and she has proved to have a real devotion to theater. I think that's why people (myself included) are more willing to believe her and side with her.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

mary-louise parker rules!#39

Posted: 3/9/09 at 3:22pm

Not really, Namo. I do wonder why some things get a pass and some don't, but mostly I just enjoy pointing out hypocrisy. It's not really a new thing, I've been doing it for ages, but I did take a break from it for a while to annoy you and PalJoey with my dead horse about Jesus people and which of their prejudices are acceptable.

Updated On: 3/9/09 at 03:22 PM

[Lamc16]

mary-louise parker rules!#40

Posted: 3/9/09 at 4:17pm

I admire her for continually returning to the stage, but I have to say that I thought her comments were pretty smug. First of all, I have a hard time believing ANY actor who says that they don't read their reviews - esp Brantley's. Second of all, was she saying "f*ck him" in seasons past when he lauded her performances? Personally, I feel actors have a responsibility to maintain the integrity of the play they are performing in, and when they make comments about the show being lackluster it makes me, as a potential audience member, very reluctant to go see it.

"You've gotta have a swine to show you where the truffles are."