Holly Hunter - drinkin', smokin', screwin'

[DeeZire]

This might be a little lowbrow for the AH, but I always thought Holly Hunter was considered a rather highbrow actor. In 'Saving Grace', a cable TV series now on DVD, she plays a homicide detective in Oklahoma, immersed in destructive behavior that would make Sharon Stone blush. She's naked in the opening scene, fer chrissakes.

The hook of the show is a rather laidback redneck dude who is her 'last chance angel', sent by God to save her soul. He appears from time to time, eating her food, spitting tobacco juice into a soda bottle, spouting his wisdom in a laconic drawl.

What I really like about the series is the fact that Holly and her best friend, an actress I recognize from a long-defunct TV sitcom, are both in their early fifties or beyond (?) and the men Holly screws (there are a whole stable of men she screws) all appear to be 10 to 20 years younger. Finally, the older woman gets the younger guy!

The scripts aren't profound, but the location shooting is cool - natural light, beer bottles, cigarette butts. It's a very trailer park/earthy atmosphere, totally unlike anything you'd see coming out of Hollywood.

So there you go - another little guilty pleasure for your next DVD shopping trip.

 

[BOSTONFICTIONWRITER]

I love Holly Hunter.

I was surprised by what a great body she had when I saw her in Piano.

 

[sr71plt]

I think her acting in this series is more than a little over the top--taking the "Closer" forumla and pushing it, assuming that's where the ratings are headed. (And they're probably right, for no particular quality-in-drama reason).

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

Don't know about "highbrow" but Holly Hunter is a high-caliber actor, her Oscar, Emmys and Golden Globe awards and nominations make a very impressive list. According to Wiki she is 50 but IMHO, she's aged magnificently.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[cantdog]

Holly Hunter rocks.

I caught, by accident, two episodes of "Saving Grace" and I have to agree we have better than avg. writing, here.

 

[cantdog]

Have you seen "Da Vinci's Inquest"? It's a Canadian series. Ensemble cast. Flawed protag. Good damn writing.

 

[DeeZire]

I love Holly Hunter.

I was surprised by what a great body she had when I saw her in Piano.

She's really skinny in Saving Grace. She looks like a teenager, until she's naked, when she looks like a teenager with wrinkles.

I have seen Da Vinci's Inquest. I like the lead guy, who seems more like a confused college prof than a morgue cop.

The best writing in a series, for me, is Grey's Anatomy. Too bad it's a network show - so many opportunities ruined by the censors! Sandrah Oh seems like the kind of actor who wouldn't give a flying fuck what the censors said. She's the reason I rented Sideways.

My TV time is limited to buying the DVD's after the shows have completed a season. I refuse to sit through commercials and I don't have cable, and my one hour of daily TV time is way after any of those shows airs.

 

[sr71plt]

I have just finished watching the season series of Damages on DVD (I lost it on the TV schedules three episodes into the beginning when it was originally shown). Now there's spot-on acting and great scripting.

 

[shereads]

Caught another episode of "House" - yes, I know it's been around for four years, but it's new to me - and was delighted that (a) there was no dying-dog scene and (b) the writing is so fine, it doesn't matter that the protagonist is a despicable human being. He is somehow charming.

House turning a job offer into a lame pick-up line: "There's a position for you on my penis...Oops. Blew the joke."

 

[DeeZire]

Damages? House? I'll check 'em out.

I saw a couple of House episodes. I recall the one with the lady who kept having spontaneous orgasms, but I didn't see the ending, so I have no idea if she was cured.

 

[shereads]

This might be a little lowbrow for the AH, but

 

[DeeZire]

Shereads - I guess I was pondering why a highbrow actress has to go lowbrow to get work. This brings up two points: society throws away women actresses when they mature, and when these actresses actually do go lowbrow to get work, they get panned for doing so.

I have to give Holly credit for trying. She may be over-acting, but in the context of the series, it works. Plus, anything an actor does gets edited by the director, so her performance is dependent on those who are writing and producing the show.

Does this reflect poorly on her integrity? I think it reflects poorly on society for limiting the options of women actors. In this light, I think we all owe Holly the courtesy of going out and buying the Saving Grace DVD, so she can get a nicer house and a younger boyfriend when she finally retires.

 

[Carmenica Diaz]

the men Holly screws (there are a whole stable of men she screws) all appear to be 10 to 20 years younger. Finally, the older woman gets the younger guy!

Finally? It can become addictive! The younger man has certain abilities that do attract!