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Okay, this question is mostly (though not necessarily) for straight men... Oct 25, 2018 3:25:01 GMT dirtypillows likes this

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Post by Toasted Cheese on Oct 25, 2018 3:25:01 GMT

Oct 25, 2018 3:09:49 GMT dirtypillows said:

Oct 25, 2018 2:56:01 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

Thanks for your response Mr. Dirty. I have been looking forward to hearing your feedback here.

I have just watched the trailers for Old Acquaintance and Flamingo Road. Davis looks fabulous in her movie and her tongue in cheek and even self-deprecating persona would be right up my alley. As for Crawford, she looks terrifying and cold and hard. One of the tag lines in the trailer said..A woman who's past caught up with her. Now aint' that the truth.

She doesn't appear pleasant or attractive to watch and no warmth. She is very butch as well. Crawford appears to be more of a parody of what she is playing, in order to be taken seriously, Davis just threw caution to the wind and looks magic and spontaneous. She certainly had more allure than Crawford. JC does looks like she is acting her part and the pretense appears more obvious, Davis is acting, yet appears to work up a storm, which is naturalistic.

I am going to watch more of the trailers for the films you have recommended and of course I would though need to see the films in their entirety to put them in context.

I love Bette in "Old Acquaintance". Usually her characters are a little bit strung, but her Kit in OA is so down to earth and likeable. I think I read once where Davis said her character in this movie was the one closest to her own personality in real life. Kit is extremely no-nonsense and warm and likeable. It's a very enjoyable movie. I highly recommend it.

Crawford was pretty butch! Ha!

"Davis just threw caution to the wind and looks magic and spontaneous." - I love how you've put this, Toasted Cheese. Davis was pretty obviously acting, but there is something so forceful and magnetic in her acting that, like you said, she just threw caution to the wind. She always seemed like she was having so much fun acting her role. She was a very gutsy lady! Hats off to her all the way!!!

The acting is obvious, put the delivery is key. These woman would have knew the histrionics in the dialog and script story were larger than life and phony, but Davis really knew how to milk it for all it was worth with her own brand of humor and talented nature. Those eyes really do it as well and she is just beautiful. Crawford perhaps seems less self-aware and appears more austere and rigid about it all.

I know I haven't seen either film, but it would be interesting for a hypothetical argument, to see the roles reversed: Davis in Flamingo Rd and Crawford in Old Acquaintance. How do you feel that would have played out Mr. Dirty?