Members Cheap21 Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 Her hair was horrible when she first joined. I hated the short look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mr. Vixen Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 HELLO! +1. The writer in me comes out when I think about Kendall, too! Couldn't agree more! SMG's Kendall was all of that. Great writing, definitive writing, and killer acting. And to AM's credit, it would have been hard for ANYONE to play Kendall quite to the level SMG did. Meryl Streep could have come in, and I still think I would have yearned for SMG. She just was..Kendall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 Yeah, the longer hair was definitely her best look as Kendall. <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8FvyQ_HB3aE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 PREACH IT! SO ON POINT WITH THIS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 LMAO, the gall of Kendall to talk to Myrt her LANDLORD like that. Angie, pause the clip at 4:05! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 SMG as Kendall was better if only for the simple fact that the character was written ALOT better when she was in the role. Everything SMG did as Kendall is better than any of the crap they hurled the character's way when AM took over. I dont think SMG had a single terrible story whereas the vast majority of AM's run has been plagued with them. For me thats why I can take alot more enjoyment out of SMG bc going back to old clips I know that I am guaranteed to see gold, but with Kendall post 2002? Its a crapshoot, no pun intended on the crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 It's funny, Kendall and Erika did make some peace when SMG left in the role. Then they brought Kendall back to destroy Erika again with Minchew. Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 How does she fall short? She brings it 100% of the time, At least she tries, which is more than I can say about most of the actors on the show who either look bored/phone it in. or never change expression If you didn't see any of then, then there's nothing I can say otherwise. If they'd played into her neediness and insecurity, you'd probably be bashing her for that too, she's a character who can't win, damned if she does, damned if she doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 I always thought Carly's original story on GH was very much a rip-off of Kendall's on AMC... I wonder why the soap press never reported on the similarities at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 Yeah it basically was, there was never comment on it from the soap press? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 SMG is hands down SO MUCH BETTER as Kendall then Minshew. That doesn't mean Minshew is a bad actress, she's not. Alicia just never fit the Kendall persona to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 yeah that made NO sense. They made peace back in 1995. There was no reason for Kendall to be brought back 7 years later and the two hating and fighting. The show didnt really give a valid reason for this. Instead it was as if their final scenes never aired and whatever writer was in charge at the time ignored it and rebooted the characters back to 1994 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angela Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 I think SMG played Kendall multi-layered but clearly most of the audience saw her as RB/Greenlee like with SMG, somebody the audience hated or loved to hate. They rooted for her to be taken down. SMG won an Emmy but Jordi Vilasuso also won an Emmy. I think she was good, so much better than Jordi, but she was a baby back then and IMO not on her Buffy level, not even close. I feel like we tend to glorify things when we look back. SMG was on the show for 2 years. The second year, IMO was full of bad story. That stupid leopard statue thing. See, I blocked it out, lol. I squirmed watching Kendall most of that second year when they detached her from SL/Erica. I think it's been the same with AM, 50/50 in terms of story. Erica and Kendall's back and forth was great and sure could have been great for years more BUT I think the time came for them to finally get together. Even Viki and Dorian have found peace. I really enjoy E/K's dynamic both ways. They took away Kendall's smart-ass bitch around 2006-2007 and put her too much into the whiny heroine department. I feel, AMC took a lot of the bitchiness out of AMC around that time. AMC had always had so many sassy, bitchy women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted April 17, 2011 Members Share Posted April 17, 2011 +1 I guess its a UO, I never thought SMG was all that great. The last year on the show she just seemed like she wanted to be anywhere but on AMC. I found her Kendall utterly boring What "Kendall persona"? If you mean a character who bordered on being one note, then yeah I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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