LMAO at Gladys blowing her nose.

 

Watros is doing great work as Nina's real/fake reality is crumbling around her and literally burning to the ground

3 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

Watros is doing great work as Nina's real/fake reality is crumbling around her and literally burning to the ground

Cynthia Watros is the real f**king deal!!! If this had been Michelle Stafford, it would've been a mess.

Just now, Liberty City said:

Cynthia Watros is the real f**king deal!!! If this had been Michelle Stafford, it would've been a mess.

 

LOL it would have been SUCH a mess with Stafford. Watros is just ... so damn good. The layers she adds to Nina just in her facial expressions alone ... the fear, the struggling to grasp her current reality, etc. 

1 minute ago, KMan101 said:

 

LOL it would have been SUCH a mess with Stafford. Watros is just ... so damn good. The layers she adds to Nina just in her facial expressions alone ... the fear, the struggling to grasp her current reality, etc. 

Holding it together, yet falling apart at the same time. Straddling two different realities: the actual reality and the one she created in Nixon Falls. Stellar. Outstanding. Casting GOLD!

13 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Cynthia Watros is the real f**king deal!!! If this had been Michelle Stafford, it would've been a mess.

OMG, it would have been tragic. Unwatchable. MS can be very good, even great (albeit not in years), but she doesn’t have that in her.

Edited September 17, 20214 yr by Faulkner

2 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

OMG, it would have been tragic. Unwatchable. MS can be very good, even great (albeit not in years), but she doesn’t have that in her.

Oh, of course Stafford can act, but she simply just relies on others in her "work." Comparing her original work as Phyllis to her years as Nina or even her recent years as Phyllis, it is like two different types of acting.

Just now, Liberty City said:

Oh, of course Stafford can act, but she simply just relies on others in her "work." Comparing her original work as Phyllis to her years as Nina or even her recent years as Phyllis, it is like two different types of acting.

No argument from me there. I’m just trying to imagine those crying scenes with Jax at the Tan-O with Stafford in the role. My insides are ripping to shreds just thinking about it.

8 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

No argument from me there. I’m just trying to imagine those crying scenes with Jax at the Tan-O with Stafford in the role. My insides are ripping to shreds just thinking about it.

I try not to bring up Annie too often because I don't think it is fair to a talented actor*ress to be constantly brought back to one role but it is interesting that for all the predictions Nina would start being more Annie-like after the Nelle reveal, it turns out it is "deluding yourself into an alternate reality that you then have to watch crumble" Annie over psycho vengeful Annie that we got.
A good choice too as the former is so much more interesting and CW does it so well. She brought it all on herself and yet looking at what she emotes on her face I really feel sorry for her.

For me, (and I don't know if this is attributed to the acting or the writing), but prior to Watros it was often difficult for me to differentiate Nina from Ava, as they are both bad girls who are trying to gain sympathy based on romantic pairing (gross over-generalization, but true to my experience as a casual viewer). 

However, I think Watros adds complexity to Nina by playing her loss, both in maturity and experience, over the years she spent in coma.  She seems less unhinged and more damaged, which is really what made this story work for me.  It was as if Nina saw a shared partner in Sonny because they both missed a part of their past, and she was desperate to create a new life for herself. 

15 minutes ago, j swift said:

For me, (and I don't know if this is attributed to the acting or the writing), but prior to Watros it was often difficult for me to differentiate Nina from Ava, as they are both bad girls who are trying to gain sympathy based on romantic pairing (gross over-generalization, but true to my experience as a casual viewer). 

However, I think Watros adds complexity to Nina by playing her loss, both in maturity and experience, over the years she spent in coma.  She seems less unhinged and more damaged, which is really what made this story work for me.  It was as if Nina saw a shared partner in Sonny because they both missed a part of their past, and she was desperate to create a new life for herself. 

 

Well said

Im guessing the two Mob Guys car blows up & not Jason  & Carly's

Edited September 17, 20214 yr by John

Where’s Laura? She seems like someone who’d be in attendance.

Edited September 17, 20214 yr by Faulkner

3 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Where’s Laura? She seems someone who’d be in attendance.

Off-canvas while Genie Francis is still on her summer break.

31 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Where’s Laura? She seems like someone who’d be in attendance.

Genie took her summer vacation. I think she will back in a month