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Post by dirtypillows on Aug 15, 2019 0:41:40 GMT
I was always indifferent towards Meg Ryan in the past, never paid much attention to her, but I just loved the way she handled this asshole!
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 15, 2019 23:46:02 GMT
I was always indifferent towards Meg Ryan in the past, never paid much attention to her, but I just loved the way she handled this asshole! I like Michael Parkinson Mr. Dirty. I find him a warm, funny and honest personality. What I see here is an awkward and aloof Ryan who was edgy. Perhaps she may not have been used to the British personality, but Parkinson was very popular with many celebrities. I don't think he asked her anything pointed or condescending, his tone of voice wasn't snide and she was just very guarded for some reason. I have never really warmed to Ryan and while she was quite cutsie looking in her heyday and tended to do more comedic roles in the 80's, she is right about herself, it didn't really come naturally. Have you seen this 75' interview with Parkinson and Davis? I love the way they wrapped it up and Davis herself comes across as such an honest, classy and intelligent individual with a dry and sharp wit.
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Post by dirtypillows on Aug 16, 2019 1:45:30 GMT
I was always indifferent towards Meg Ryan in the past, never paid much attention to her, but I just loved the way she handled this asshole! I like Michael Parkinson Mr. Dirty. I find him a warm, funny and honest personality. What I see here is an awkward and aloof Ryan who was edgy. Perhaps she may not have been used to the British personality, but Parkinson was very popular with many celebrities. I don't think he asked her anything pointed or condescending, his tone of voice wasn't snide and she was just very guarded for some reason. I have never really warmed to Ryan and while she was quite cutsie looking in her heyday and tended to do more comedic roles in the 80's, she is right about herself, it didn't really come naturally. Have you seen this 75' interview with Parkinson and Davis? I love the way they wrapped it up and Davis herself comes across as such an honest, classy and intelligent individual with a dry and sharp wit. I always like watching Bette Davis giving an interview. She is fascinating, warm, funny, incredibly bright and likeable. Bette is tops. And Michael Parkinson was actually good here as well. He was relaxed and respectful, the two of them had a nice rapport and I think they both had a fun time with the interview. I think with Meg Ryan, things were off from the start. I don't they felt any kinship or sympatico with the other one. Ryan has called Parky "nuts!" and said she felt like he had become this disapproving father type and she found him horribly offensive. I can see that. He leans into, seems like he wouldn't mind tripping her up himself, as Parkinson himself that he did not like the "monosyllabic" Ryan. He said she was cold and rude, whereas I might just as well see her as feeling on the defensive and not at all uncomfortable. When he says to her "Now, that you are wary of journalists... Yes, you are wary of them. You're wary of my. You can tell by the way you sit and by the way you are... " And she agreed with him, but it felt like he had gone in for the kill. I think in this case Parky liked seeing a guest he didn't really like, get all nervous and squirm in her chair. The most satisfyng part was, for me, when Parky kept at Ryan and saying "So, what you do right now if you were me?" And Meg comes back with a gem "Oh, just wrap it up!" And that was that. I liked Parky during the Bette Davis interview and I am sure a few others, but here he seemed to have an agenda. He did not like here, and Ryan was the one who came up out on top. Her response was near classic, and it certainly served the purpose she wanted to... I also didn't like Parky's interview he did with Helen Mirren, who is graceful and really in a class by herself. The Richard Burton interview supposedly went really well. And Parky supposedly was fascinated by Orson Wells.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 16, 2019 2:15:38 GMT
I like Michael Parkinson Mr. Dirty. I find him a warm, funny and honest personality. What I see here is an awkward and aloof Ryan who was edgy. Perhaps she may not have been used to the British personality, but Parkinson was very popular with many celebrities. I don't think he asked her anything pointed or condescending, his tone of voice wasn't snide and she was just very guarded for some reason. I have never really warmed to Ryan and while she was quite cutsie looking in her heyday and tended to do more comedic roles in the 80's, she is right about herself, it didn't really come naturally. Have you seen this 75' interview with Parkinson and Davis? I love the way they wrapped it up and Davis herself comes across as such an honest, classy and intelligent individual with a dry and sharp wit. I always like watching Bette Davis giving an interview. She is fascinating, warm, funny, incredibly bright and likeable. Bette is tops. And Michael Parkinson was actually good here as well. He was relaxed and respectful, the two of them had a nice rapport and I think they both had a fun time with the interview. I think with Meg Ryan, things were off from the start. I don't they felt any kinship or sympatico with the other one. Ryan has called Parky "nuts!" and said she felt like he had become this disapproving father type and she found him horribly offensive. I can see that. He leans into, seems like he wouldn't mind tripping her up himself, as Parkinson himself that he did not like the "monosyllabic" Ryan. He said she was cold and rude, whereas I might just as well see her as feeling on the defensive and not at all uncomfortable. When he says to her "Now, that you are wary of journalists... Yes, you are wary of them. You're wary of my. You can tell by the way you sit and by the way you are... " And she agreed with him, but it felt like he had gone in for the kill. I think in this case Parky liked seeing a guest he didn't really like, get all nervous and squirm in her chair. The most satisfyng part was, for me, when Parky kept at Ryan and saying "So, what you do right now if you were me?" And Meg comes back with a gem "Oh, just wrap it up!" And that was that. I liked Parky during the Bette Davis interview and I am sure a few others, but here he seemed to have an agenda. He did not like here, and Ryan was the one who came up out on top. Her response was near classic, and it certainly served the purpose she wanted to... I also didn't like Parky's interview he did with Helen Mirren, who is graceful and really in a class by herself. The Richard Burton interview supposedly went really well. And Parky supposedly was fascinated by Orson Wells. Yes, Bette is a delight to watch, in person or in film. I will check out that Helen Mirren one, whom I'm not sure if I like her that much either, but does have plenty of class.
Ryan was apparently promoting her Jane Campion film at the time, In The Cut. She may have been having a bad hair day, but she wasn't exactly being professional and what I saw of her here, is why I don't really warm to her. She didn't have to do the interview, appears to have a distorted perception of Parkinson—is she perhaps feminist I wonder?—and she was a celebrity and Parkinson likes to ask celebrities about their stardom and how they perceive it and themselves.
Here is a brief retrospect of Parkinson talking about the Ryan interview:
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 16, 2019 8:50:39 GMT
dirtypillows , I have just watched the 75' Helen Mirren interview and I saw a different Parkinson here. Mirren herself wasn't really on the radar and just starting out and era attitudes aside, I found him passively smug, rude, condescending and yes sexist to her. He looked like he was full of himself too. I really don't think he held much respect for her as a "serious" actress, as he did just a sexy looking young lady who wouldn't last the course. She handled herself very well, let herself be herself, I like what she had to comment on and she wasn't going to let him get the better of her or try and control or change her demeanor. I also found her quite soothing to listen too. There is another interview he did with her in 2003 and of course it was a different kettle of fish. She had earned her standing and wasn't yet an Oscar winner yet either. She is one classy looking and acting woman and in the 70's why shouldn't she showcase her own attributes if it is going to get her to the top. She is a very talented actress.
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Post by dirtypillows on Aug 16, 2019 17:21:59 GMT
I always like watching Bette Davis giving an interview. She is fascinating, warm, funny, incredibly bright and likeable. Bette is tops. And Michael Parkinson was actually good here as well. He was relaxed and respectful, the two of them had a nice rapport and I think they both had a fun time with the interview. I think with Meg Ryan, things were off from the start. I don't they felt any kinship or sympatico with the other one. Ryan has called Parky "nuts!" and said she felt like he had become this disapproving father type and she found him horribly offensive. I can see that. He leans into, seems like he wouldn't mind tripping her up himself, as Parkinson himself that he did not like the "monosyllabic" Ryan. He said she was cold and rude, whereas I might just as well see her as feeling on the defensive and not at all uncomfortable. When he says to her "Now, that you are wary of journalists... Yes, you are wary of them. You're wary of my. You can tell by the way you sit and by the way you are... " And she agreed with him, but it felt like he had gone in for the kill. I think in this case Parky liked seeing a guest he didn't really like, get all nervous and squirm in her chair. The most satisfyng part was, for me, when Parky kept at Ryan and saying "So, what you do right now if you were me?" And Meg comes back with a gem "Oh, just wrap it up!" And that was that. I liked Parky during the Bette Davis interview and I am sure a few others, but here he seemed to have an agenda. He did not like here, and Ryan was the one who came up out on top. Her response was near classic, and it certainly served the purpose she wanted to... I also didn't like Parky's interview he did with Helen Mirren, who is graceful and really in a class by herself. The Richard Burton interview supposedly went really well. And Parky supposedly was fascinated by Orson Wells. Yes, Bette is a delight to watch, in person or in film. I will check out that Helen Mirren one, whom I'm not sure if I like her that much either, but does have plenty of class.
Ryan was apparently promoting her Jane Campion film at the time, In The Cut. She may have been having a bad hair day, but she wasn't exactly being professional and what I saw of her here, is why I don't really warm to her. She didn't have to do the interview, appears to have a distorted perception of Parkinson—is she perhaps feminist I wonder?—and she was a celebrity and Parkinson likes to ask celebrities about their stardom and how they perceive it and themselves.
Here is a brief retrospect of Parkinson talking about the Ryan interview:
Jane Campion! Oh, Jesus, Joseph and Mary! Say no more! That lady wreaks of a feminist agenda! I hardly know anything about Meg Ryan, but, yeah, she was there to promote her film. In the end, I think these two people were just predisposed to not like each other. And, yes, Meg's hair looks awful, it looks like a straw hat. Dreadful. Poor thing. I do like the Helen Mirren interview, for the way she handled herself. Parky can barely contain his state of arousal. And he introduced her by, basically, calling her a slut! Yikes!
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Aug 16, 2019 23:29:06 GMT
Yes, Bette is a delight to watch, in person or in film. I will check out that Helen Mirren one, whom I'm not sure if I like her that much either, but does have plenty of class.
Ryan was apparently promoting her Jane Campion film at the time, In The Cut. She may have been having a bad hair day, but she wasn't exactly being professional and what I saw of her here, is why I don't really warm to her. She didn't have to do the interview, appears to have a distorted perception of Parkinson—is she perhaps feminist I wonder?—and she was a celebrity and Parkinson likes to ask celebrities about their stardom and how they perceive it and themselves.
Here is a brief retrospect of Parkinson talking about the Ryan interview:
Jane Campion! Oh, Jesus, Joseph and Mary! Say no more! That lady wreaks of a feminist agenda! I hardly know anything about Meg Ryan, but, yeah, she was there to promote her film. In the end, I think these two people were just predisposed to not like each other. And, yes, Meg's hair looks awful, it looks like a straw hat. Dreadful. Poor thing. I do like the Helen Mirren interview, for the way she handled herself. Parky can barely contain his state of arousal. And he introduced her by, basically, calling her a slut! Yikes! Being around Campion probably rubbed off and gave Ryan a new lease on girlpower and entitlement.... 
Parky was younger himself in the 70's and he made himself look foolish with Mirren, even if some of it was an act itself, but by the time he got to the 90's and 00's, he was older and much wiser and he looks warmer too. Everyone is allowed some leeway and we never feel the same everyday, but Ryan I feel just had a carrot stuck up her derriere. She had agreed to go on the show and I think she had already made up her mind about any preconceived notions she already had. She might have been in man-hating mode too if she had just split up with the ultimate douchbag Russell Crowe and had been around Campion psssting psssting in her ear. My assumptions too, but like you say JJ&M Jane Campion!  .
That honey Ruffalo was in the movie too. Haven't seen it though.
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