Quote of the Day

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I like Eliza Dushku very much and adored her turn as Faith the vampire slayer, but this bit from the first review of the first episode of Joss Whedon's Dollhouse still cracked me up:

"Dollhouse as conceived (a heroine plays a different "person" every week) is less a series concept than an actress' showcase, a sort of extreme version of an Alias undercover premise. (In fact, the reports of how the show was conceived have said that Dushku essentially broached the idea as a showcase.) And the actress being showcased is Eliza Dushku. Now, I have nothing against Dushku. I thought she was fine on Buffy. But she's not exactly Toni Collette (who's playing a multiple-personality case on Showtime's The United States of Tara, which I have not seen). Watching her inhabit her imprinted "personality"—a tough negotiator with secret vulnerabilities—I did not see her becoming another person. I thought: Oh, look! There's Eliza Dushku with glasses and her hair in a bun!"

The reviewer goes on to say that they see a lot of promise for the show and are looking forward to see what Joss can do with such a fluid concept and structure, so it's not a negative review really by any means. Just a small, not entirely bonkers criticism aimed at Miss Dushku, is all.
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