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"Dr. Cole, not only am I a teacher, but I am also a parent of a Middlesex child. Therefore, I am the only person here who transcends the parent-teacher bridge."
I'd enjoyed Beth's work before Donnie Darko of course - her death scene in Child's Play 2, her death scene in Speed, her drag queen makeover in To Wong Foo - but it was Miss Kitty Farmer who took her from the realm of "Hey it's that quirky character actress that I like" to "Oh my god it's that quirky character actress that I'll go out of my way to see in anything even if it's only a ten second role."
The go-to choice for giving Kitty love is always when she doubts Rose's commitment to Sparkle Motion but that scene's late in the film and it was well before that that I knew I was head over heels. It's such a perfect union of actress and character - every line, every movement, she nails. Astonishingly vivid and rich and funny work from one of our finest ladies working. Bless her for making the movies a better place. Happy birthday, Beth!
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The go-to choice for giving Kitty love is always when she doubts Rose's commitment to Sparkle Motion but that scene's late in the film and it was well before that that I knew I was head over heels. It's such a perfect union of actress and character - every line, every movement, she nails. Astonishingly vivid and rich and funny work from one of our finest ladies working. Bless her for making the movies a better place. Happy birthday, Beth!
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I, too, fell for Beth Grant with "Donnie Darko". No one else could have played that role as well as she did. She's always been one of the most consistently good character actors around.
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