Even as I try to stay positive I would have to say that Christina's voice would probably grate on my nerves in a very short while if she were to get the part. She did show emotion during the Lindsay monologue but I don't think she did that great with the legal stuff at the beginning and I gave up on the Payton section before she was done. YouTube kept messing up and getting hung up loading the rest of the video.
I'm not sure she's a good fit with the team, as someone else has said. But hopefully they will have plenty of talent to choose from. ....
Um, yeah I know she has attitude of her own, and you are welcome to observe!
I'd like to see her stop pulling that crap on Adam and support him for once, which was the meaning behind my comment.
On another note, I always enjoy reading your posts Elwood21. Very informative.
(On another note, you're very kind :lol:
. And sorry if I misread your gist. Was a helluva day.
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Anyhoo. Honestly, after seeing just the one tape of scenes I can't say she resonates in any way for me either, not very distinctive, but for me sound can be a killer in tapes like that. The guy being so prominent was harsh. Dunno how many runs thru the scenes they did, if these were the best ones, or just the ones she liked best, or mebbe it was a one shot for each. I'd find that harder to believe.
Maybe this was was prep, or what she taped for her agent to submit to the casting director and execs beyond a round of headshots to get to the auditions in the first place. If it is one that got that far. She's done some films, yes. All we see here are the scene selections for an audition, packaged, and only one single lonely little tape, 'leaking' out to be posted to Youtube. So who knows what it really is, where it's from, who it's from, how far it got, and what it means. She gets a few hundred hits and growing, and some discussion at the very least.
If we see more of her I guess maybe that will partly answer why.
She was okay in some of the moments between her dialogue too, not just waiting for her words. She did have a noticeable habit of resting her fingers near her mouth a lot. Deliberately Pensive Method Quirk or something wot just happened?
...I'd say wot. I think it would be very uh, challenging to sift thru reams of audition footage or person after person. I dunno how they do it.
I didn't peek to see who posted the clip or when, that would be the next thing to check. Okay. Well. Posted today by a guy from Arlington, who knows if he's still in Arlington. Somwhat moot for a virtual world. So basically, dunno where he got it from, what it's pedigree is, or why he posted it, uploaded with no description so who knows. Except, looking now, Christina Murphy's also a Texas girl. Mebbe they went to school together. Mebbe he's a friend, or, mebbe just a fan. Mebbe Texas has nothing to do with it. Mebbe he's aspiring in his own way, or has worked with her, or prepped or read with her for the clips. Ya never know.
Two minutes on Utube doesn't answer much.
i don't know an awful lot about how us tv works (over here the bbc licence fee kind of makes it a different story) but it's interesting stuff - sometimes i forget that all the shows i like are essentially just corporate transactions. but it was an interesting post - thanks for filling me in
.... same here, she has to get the benefit of the doubt doesn't she?
:lol:. said above I went back to edit, so I'm not entirely certain at what stage you read it and what you think I've informed you of, especially since I was trying to hard not to stray off topic and it's all only just my rant of the moment :lol:. Also one I hadn't meant to post quite as it was
. Clickies and my inability to exist in several places at once be my bane tonite.
I got no problem dishing it out if I think an actor/actress or a character's irksome. Not always a permanent state either. There should be an ebb and flow to characters. Nor do I hafta like a character or what they do unconditionally to recognize how they may contribute to a show.
I can't be biased against What Ifs just because EV was let go. I just can't look at things in a vacuum. I still think the show needed something bigger to happen. Another season like the past few and it woulda started listing even further and taking on water without any help at all. I was never biased against Lindsay because she was replacing Aiden. She earned my exasperation and occasional disdain all on her own, and over quite a substantial period of time. No snap judgement there. Try as I mighta to remain open weekly, she's done little that spurs me to modify my opinions for the better. And yes, I know Vanessa asked to be let go whereas EV was cut. Whatever the machinations behind the scenes, I want the show as a whole to do well, to improve over the past couple of seasons, and right now a new 'Regular' is a part of that scenario to help it up. There were glimmers enough of writing that, damn it damn it damn it, still lead me to hope it can get better. The bastards are such a tease :lol:.
I'm not gonna premptively dump Kaye (or even Leno's new show for that matter, no matter how much the jaded devil in my ear encourages me) into the water where fins are circling. Uncharted waters is all. Too many unknowns. So I wait, patiently, for the next snippet and piece of the puzzle.
I'd like to see how the new character does, or at least get a few more tidbits about casting, spoilers about the cliffhanger for how and why the character's brought in, or some spin for the season beyond "we're gonna have more emphasis on character." I'm wondering now if I misread that and it was really just "we're gonna have more characters" and everything else remains the same. :lol:
Originally posted by Maya316:
As for Kaye's character, it just feels like it's being done hastily because they only seemed to come up with her about six weeks ago and they're already casting. And as far as I've seen, they've only sketched out a very rough picture of her that makes her seem like this jigsaw puzzle of Lindsay-Angell-Peyton - and of course, it doesn't help that the actresses being auditioned are reading scenes written for basically those same characters (except Angell, but I figure Natalie Greer's lines - whoever she is - could probably be interchangeable with anything Angell has ever said). I call Mary Sue.
I know. But I still see the pieces as informative in intent, not derivative to be an amalgamation. Holy f*ck I must be tired to be spouting shit like that :lol: Christ. Okay. How about: I don't think the scenes are meant to be indicative of Kaye's character and persona but a tool to see who can pull the genre off; possibly one of several as other additional material could have been provided behind closed doors. Must must sleep. Must eat and sleep. Dat would be good.
F*ckf*ckf*ckerama :lol:.
Anyways. Video = Murphy in front of a screen playing to someone reading the other half of the scenes and prompts. Not terribly exciting. Greer was an ADA or such character from Enough, whom Mac was speaking to about the three defense attorneys and their clients, the trio who wound up deaded and investigated in the ep.
Aw, I kind of liked Kendall, the ten minutes that we saw of her anyway. :lol: She seemed fun, and I love how close she was with Adam. LOL, I have no idea who Jordan is; but I definitely agree with you on the names.
We didn't get to see much of her, beyond being a way to poke and prod Adam, this is true. I think their scenes together were fun for that reason. Doesn't mean I warmed up to her or would wanna share my muffin wif her in da break room :lol:. She kinda came across "like a socialite slumming," I think was a description of her I liked.
I'm trying to reserve judgment, really I am
It's just weird because this is the first time I've ever gotten wind of a new character joining the cast of a favourite TV show before actually seeing the new character onscreen. I'm used to just being hit with new characters during a season-opener, and deciding by the end of the episode whether I like (or hate) them.
I don't think I was as tapped into the show in S2, and while I vaguely knew Ferlito was leaving I wasn't paying attention so much to who was coming in. I met Lindsay completely unfettered, with no speculative info on her, or her casting. I think I was also much more blinkered by all the other changes that happened post S1. "...da light, it burns my eyes..." :lol: Shiny people, sparkly toys. Or was it sparkly people and shiny toys. That and the sudden appearance of Kid Rock and yellow walls and glass offices and all. :lol: I think those changes were about formulae. I'm wondering if Kaye is just Kaye, another rollover dabble into characters like Chad and Marty and Zao in S2 in hopes of finding a good fit, or if she's really more intended to stir things up in a larger way, and if next season works, on a longer term basis. If she's a 'regular' and we're down two recurrings (Mykelti Williamson to 24 I think, and EV) with renewed focus on Character, then mebbe they're restructuring internally too. Guess we'll see.
