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Who told this woman she was funny?


Granted, i've not seen everything she's done but i have seen films in which she's appeared and always found her to be the weak link.
Her perfomances are one dimentional, she has one way of delivering a line - like a shrinking violet, lacking confidence. Her comedy timing is off by a nautical mile. She's just not funny. It maybe says more about American audiences that she's been around for so long than her actual talent, i mean usually people grow, their direction alters slightly, they try different characters etc..Certainly its the way it works in Britain. Americans seem to typecast themselves, we've seen Jim Carrey virtually vanish after years of playing essentially the same character with very little variation. Don't get me wrong, when carrey was funny, he was funny! Will Ferrell is similar, very little variation but he has timing, he can deliver lines, though his time will be up soon also.
Wiig has no delivery, no timing. She's flat. She seems better suited to 'guest' roles, where she's present for only a few scenes and therefore doesn't have the time or opportunity to bore you. Any time she seems to take a lead role she's just not got the prescence or aura to carry it off.
Sooner rather than later, her 15 minutes will be up and I, for one cannot wait.


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Oh that's easy; whatever producer she was sleeping with at the time. The trouble is, nobody else saw what he did.

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"Who told this woman she was funny?"

Maybe the same person who told you that you are qualified to judge talent.

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She's very talented. And I remember when she arrived at SNL, she really elevated the material. She does this primarily by being very good at getting into character, any character, and fully committing to it. Now, you could say the material written for her isn't always top notch. But her talent is pretty apparent, IMO.

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Goldie Hawn and Kirstie Alley are great examples of a comedic actress.

Kristen Wiig isn't.

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