What is Levine saying? It's wrong to vilify a guy who kills women, skins them, and then wears their skin if he does these things because he's transgender? It sounds like that to me.
Sometimes it's amazing how stupid actors can be and still remember their lines.
As a recovering (amateur) actor there was a saying that actors were "wood" to be moved about the set, lit appropriately, and basically be told what to do and when. Not much has changed in the intervening years I'm afraid.
Just what is this empathy that Levine is crazily trying to communicate?
Next, will Robert DeNiro apologize for his depictions of the likes of real-life and fictional Italian Americans who were criminals and, especially for his depiction of an NYC cabbie?
This column is going to be placed under the Edict Against Transphobia because you forgot to include the mandatory 'Stolen Pronoun Acknowledgement'. For Shame!
I watched "Silence of the Lambs" once and, just like "The Exorcist," I never want to watch either again. Pure evil.
What do I love to watch, over and over again...I get it on "free" TV: The exploits of the great detective, Adrian Monk, a troubled man always guided by a wise man, a veteran, Captain Stottlemeyer of the San Francisco Police Department.
Ted Levine.
We could use him on the Minneapolis Police Department.
Like CLICK, I've never understood watching films like the "Exorcist" or "Silence of the Lambs." Which is why I don't. I prefer movies that do not dwell lovingly on the evil, but focus on the triumph of the good. "Star Wars" or "Raiders of the Lost Ark" go about as deep into the abyss as I need.
Of course, later episodes of Star Wars and Raiders are not nearly as unwoke as the originals. Not that I have seen many of the new episodes, but I have read about them.
I don't understand why anyone of any character would tolerate viewing and imbibing such evil. We have enough in the reality of daily life without creating even more to view on the screen. Think on that which is good, to the extent possible, and garbage in garbage out.
The only thing I'll say in support of the film is that the killer gets his comeuppance in the end. Nowadays he'd be the main character and it would end with him being able to adopt a bunch of kids, have a successful podcast, and get a Bud Light advertising gig. At least back then storytellers knew this stuff was evil/abhorrent.
My wife and I don't watch much TV, but when we do it is always the old reruns. Right now, we are working through the many episodes of Monk, and we love them — good writers, good stories, and good casting.
I shudder to think of what Monk would be like if it were remade today, set in San Francisco. The possibilities are endlessly disgusting.
That Doubtfire remake is all too likely when the Donks cheat enough to get back in the WH. You know all of their DEI garbage is on the shelf, ready to be forced on us.
If you are "trying" to be relevant, you are already absolutely irrelevant. He'e just hoping that now everybody knows he is not dead, if they knew who he was in the first place. I, for one, didn't. And don't care.
Correct. I had never heard of Ted Levine before this latest quote. And that quote makes me certain that I don't want to see anything else he might be in.
The only movie with a pretend "trans" person that was played for laughs was "Tootsie". And Dustin Hoffman kept asking the makeup people to make him better-looking. He had some kind of epiphany about average-looking women when he said that it made him cry to realize that he would never have approached his "Dorothy" character at a party because she just wasn't good-looking enough! The greatest moment of the film was when he is using his female voice to summon a taxi, and finally gives up and in a deep bass voice yells, "TAXI!" (He wasn't really trans, just pretending to be a woman to get work. My old theatre impresario had a sign in his office: "An actor is someone who looks for work. What happens onstage is only incidental." Sad. AG
I have to admit that I don't generally watch those kind of movies. I did watch Silence of the Lambs, but as a rule I much prefer werewolves, vampires, and zombies to real, psychopathic killers. I don't much care for transpeople either. My one experience with such a one was substitute teacher who was sent to fill in for me while I attended a mandatory workshop on irrelevances, like most educational workshops. This guy was probably 6'1" with broad shoulders, shoulder length blond hair, and a solid 5 o'clock shadow. To me he looked like a viking with boobs because he had already had breast implants. Leaving this angry, nasty personage with my ten middle school EBD special ed students struck me as an irresponsible act. I could see the terror in their eyes, the look that said, please don't leave us with THAT! I sent this freak back to the office and called them to release him. I told my principal I wasn't going to attend the workshop. That cost me a bit of good will which probably sped up my projected retirement.
On the other hand, I knew a lot of homosexuals, several who were theatrical female impersonators. My father was a theatrical photographer in New York City, and, at the time, the premier studio in Manhattan. One of these fellows was a billing clerk for the studio. He made a beautiful woman, but he never forgot for a second that he was a man. I had no problem with him or any other gay man who knew who and what he was.
I'm old enough to remember, when I was a psychology undergrad interested in becoming a clinical psychologist, reading about transgenderism. They called it gender dysphoria back then and, if you wanted "gender reassignment" surgery you had to go through years of counseling first to be sure you were really committed and in the wrong body (nobody was, but at least they made you jump through lengthy hoops). As a result of all that you could still be denied the surgery. How "far" we've come indeed.
I also think a movie like Silence Of The Lambs could never be made nowadays only because they're chopping off/sewing on bits and pieces so fast you'd think you were on an assembly line. The notion that someone could be denied the surgery, and end up wanting to create a female skin suit as a result, is ridiculous in the current environment.
Jack Lemon and Tony Curtis were unavailable for comment regarding Some Like it Hot. "I'm a girl."
Followed by the great last line of the film
by Joe E. Brown, “Nobody’s perfect.”
What is Levine saying? It's wrong to vilify a guy who kills women, skins them, and then wears their skin if he does these things because he's transgender? It sounds like that to me.
Sometimes it's amazing how stupid actors can be and still remember their lines.
Yes, that is what he is saying. Everybody in Hollywood who opens "they" mouth is an idiot.
Dimwitisms.
I’m gonna steal that one, Erich!
Movie actors often have their lines right there and don't need to memorize.
As a recovering (amateur) actor there was a saying that actors were "wood" to be moved about the set, lit appropriately, and basically be told what to do and when. Not much has changed in the intervening years I'm afraid.
Exactly, Ralph.
Just what is this empathy that Levine is crazily trying to communicate?
Next, will Robert DeNiro apologize for his depictions of the likes of real-life and fictional Italian Americans who were criminals and, especially for his depiction of an NYC cabbie?
This column is going to be placed under the Edict Against Transphobia because you forgot to include the mandatory 'Stolen Pronoun Acknowledgement'. For Shame!
I watched "Silence of the Lambs" once and, just like "The Exorcist," I never want to watch either again. Pure evil.
What do I love to watch, over and over again...I get it on "free" TV: The exploits of the great detective, Adrian Monk, a troubled man always guided by a wise man, a veteran, Captain Stottlemeyer of the San Francisco Police Department.
Ted Levine.
We could use him on the Minneapolis Police Department.
Like CLICK, I've never understood watching films like the "Exorcist" or "Silence of the Lambs." Which is why I don't. I prefer movies that do not dwell lovingly on the evil, but focus on the triumph of the good. "Star Wars" or "Raiders of the Lost Ark" go about as deep into the abyss as I need.
Of course, later episodes of Star Wars and Raiders are not nearly as unwoke as the originals. Not that I have seen many of the new episodes, but I have read about them.
I don't understand why anyone of any character would tolerate viewing and imbibing such evil. We have enough in the reality of daily life without creating even more to view on the screen. Think on that which is good, to the extent possible, and garbage in garbage out.
Just reading the article about these movies made me sick.
The only thing I'll say in support of the film is that the killer gets his comeuppance in the end. Nowadays he'd be the main character and it would end with him being able to adopt a bunch of kids, have a successful podcast, and get a Bud Light advertising gig. At least back then storytellers knew this stuff was evil/abhorrent.
My wife and I don't watch much TV, but when we do it is always the old reruns. Right now, we are working through the many episodes of Monk, and we love them — good writers, good stories, and good casting.
I shudder to think of what Monk would be like if it were remade today, set in San Francisco. The possibilities are endlessly disgusting.
We don't have TV service at our house. We only use our TV to watch DVD's of old movies. Much better stories and wonderful acting.
Well, Lloyd, you have certainly nailed Ted Levine's skin to the wall, right next to Rachel's.
Nice!!
Thank you. However, I am not at all nice to folks like the Levine Twins. Please forgive me for my sins.
That Doubtfire remake is all too likely when the Donks cheat enough to get back in the WH. You know all of their DEI garbage is on the shelf, ready to be forced on us.
Levine must be struggling for relevancy.
If you are "trying" to be relevant, you are already absolutely irrelevant. He'e just hoping that now everybody knows he is not dead, if they knew who he was in the first place. I, for one, didn't. And don't care.
Correct. I had never heard of Ted Levine before this latest quote. And that quote makes me certain that I don't want to see anything else he might be in.
The only movie with a pretend "trans" person that was played for laughs was "Tootsie". And Dustin Hoffman kept asking the makeup people to make him better-looking. He had some kind of epiphany about average-looking women when he said that it made him cry to realize that he would never have approached his "Dorothy" character at a party because she just wasn't good-looking enough! The greatest moment of the film was when he is using his female voice to summon a taxi, and finally gives up and in a deep bass voice yells, "TAXI!" (He wasn't really trans, just pretending to be a woman to get work. My old theatre impresario had a sign in his office: "An actor is someone who looks for work. What happens onstage is only incidental." Sad. AG
I have to admit that I don't generally watch those kind of movies. I did watch Silence of the Lambs, but as a rule I much prefer werewolves, vampires, and zombies to real, psychopathic killers. I don't much care for transpeople either. My one experience with such a one was substitute teacher who was sent to fill in for me while I attended a mandatory workshop on irrelevances, like most educational workshops. This guy was probably 6'1" with broad shoulders, shoulder length blond hair, and a solid 5 o'clock shadow. To me he looked like a viking with boobs because he had already had breast implants. Leaving this angry, nasty personage with my ten middle school EBD special ed students struck me as an irresponsible act. I could see the terror in their eyes, the look that said, please don't leave us with THAT! I sent this freak back to the office and called them to release him. I told my principal I wasn't going to attend the workshop. That cost me a bit of good will which probably sped up my projected retirement.
On the other hand, I knew a lot of homosexuals, several who were theatrical female impersonators. My father was a theatrical photographer in New York City, and, at the time, the premier studio in Manhattan. One of these fellows was a billing clerk for the studio. He made a beautiful woman, but he never forgot for a second that he was a man. I had no problem with him or any other gay man who knew who and what he was.
You aren't suggesting an eerie connection between movies and real life are you?
I'm old enough to remember, when I was a psychology undergrad interested in becoming a clinical psychologist, reading about transgenderism. They called it gender dysphoria back then and, if you wanted "gender reassignment" surgery you had to go through years of counseling first to be sure you were really committed and in the wrong body (nobody was, but at least they made you jump through lengthy hoops). As a result of all that you could still be denied the surgery. How "far" we've come indeed.
I also think a movie like Silence Of The Lambs could never be made nowadays only because they're chopping off/sewing on bits and pieces so fast you'd think you were on an assembly line. The notion that someone could be denied the surgery, and end up wanting to create a female skin suit as a result, is ridiculous in the current environment.