name someone who is successful and you have no idea why

MAN IN THE MOON,ELECTION,FREEWAY,PLEASANTVILLE....REESE EARNED HER REPUTATION BY BEING AN OUTSTANDING ACTOR.

She is excellent in Election. Should have been nominated for an Oscar for that part.

The problem is that she occasionally seems to be that character (Tracy Flick) for real. But when she's taking the piss of that Type-A, 'lean in', sharp-elbowed persona, as she does in Election and "Little Fires Everywhere" (which was a brilliant put-down of upper/upper-middle-class white feminism and its failure to engage with POC), she's great value.

I agree. While she's been in a bunch of great films, I don't think I've ever thought her performance wowed me to the point she deserved her IT girl status.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS IS A VERY ENTERTAINING FILM AS IS THE PRINCIPAL...HE IS DEFINTIELY THE LESSER OF THE BELUSHI BROTHERS...BUT HE HAD SOME DECENT WORK IN HIM...UNTIL HE QUIT WORKING TO DO A SITCOM AND THEN GROW WEED.

At least he didn’t join in on the terrible Blues Brothers sequel.

I kind of feel the opposite. I think it's *because* he's John's brother, he's often dismissed and overshadowed, rather than recognised as a reasonably decent actor. I watched Thief (1981) for the first time recently, and he's great in that, as he is in 1986's Salvador. Unfortunately, he arguably got lazy, and settled into comfy, undemanding sitcom stuff, rather than pushing himself as a serious actor or a comedy actor with more of an edge, but I do think he had the talent.

That's the most ridiculous statement I've ever seen on this forum.

Bowie explored so many styles in his music and he did them all perfectly.

Yeah, I never "got" Bowie either.

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Damn! This has got to be the hottest take imaginable.

Bowie was the essence of talent. He's one of the few cultural icons who genuinely deserved their fame/had the talent to back up their celebrity.

he had some great songs.

I agree.

It's a controversial one, I suspect, but I'm inclined to agree. I've never been especially impressed by her as an actor (despite being a big fan of 70s, 80s and 90s Woody Allen films). Her acting range seems rather limited and annoyingly self-conscious. She always does this supposedly winsome, but actually rather distracting, daffy laugh which takes me out of the movie, where she's simply reacting to the other actors, as if she's in awe of them, rather than investing anything in her own character. Everyone was supposedly dazzled by her It Girl character in Annie Hall, but I never really saw the appeal, and, as much as I hate to say it, in view of the acrimony that emerged, I think Mia Farrow was a better muse for Woody Allen than Keaton (as much of a crazy kook as Mia Farrow may be, she's a *sincere* actor who genuinely invests herself in the characters she plays).