OK, the little girl who plays Laura does a good job and is cute and all that but her lisp is really starting to get to me.
It's sort of Cindy Brady-irritating.
Did the real Laura have a lisp?
I'll still watch the show, though, it's good although I like TOS better.
I don't know if the real Laura did, but Melissa Gilbert had one on the old show, right?
shareMelissa Gilbert had a lisp? Really? I certainly don't remember that. All I remember is her big, buck teeth. But no lisp.
shareI remember in the first season of the old Little House she had a lisp.
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Man, I simply do not remember Melissa having a lisp at all!
Now I really am wondering if Laura Ingalls Wilder had a lisp when she was younger since both girls had/have one or if it's just a coincidence.
(I hope I didn't offend anyone with my first post. See, my younger brother had a horrible lisp when he was little and I can pick up a lisp a mile away. Some people think it's cute, but trust me, it can really make a person very self-conscience because of it if they get teased enough.)
a lot of little kids have lisps. I think its probably just coincidence.
shareYep. Melissa had a definite lisp in the Little House on the Prairie movie (often billed as the pilot episode) as well as through most of the first season.
Truthfully, Kyle reminds me a lot of Melissa in many ways, and the lisp is just part of it.
I totally agree with you on this. I definetly feel that Kyle took a lot of Melissa's acting ways on the premier and put her styles in. Even Danille reminded me of Melissa Sue Anderson.
shareI agree with you too. They cast kids that resembled Melissa Gilbert and Melissa Sue Anderson. Why? Who knows. Maybe they thought it would make a mediocre adaptation seem like the long running series.
The lisp drove me crazy too. I don't think the real life Laura had one. Also, the real Ma Ingalls had dark hair. (Karen Grassle was far and away a better Ma. This one sounded like someone in a grade school play. Yuck!) Carrie should've been there, but wasn't.
Bring back Michael Landon. I know he's dead, but he did a much better job than Cameron Bancroft did. He played the fiddle better too. He didn't have a horrible nose job either.
The guy who played Mr. Edwards did a good job. He, the character, claimed to be a "wildcat from Tennessee" so how could he call himself a "razorback"? Razorbacks are from Arkansas. Didn't the writer know that?
I never expected Disney to do such a horrible job. How could anyone ruin the Ingalls's story? This series was a major disappointment!!!
I agree with you. At first, it didn't bother me, but after a while, I noticed it was starting to really grate on my nerves.
Regarding the other comments, I don't remember Melissa having a lisp even in the early episodes although perhaps it wasn't as pronounced (although she did have dental problems that were worked on throughout the years, during off-season times and also at one point wore braces on the back side of her teeth so as not to interfere with filming.)
Whether or not the real Laura had a lisp, I don't know, but it is a little unusual for a director to deliberately cast an actress with the a lisp for the very reasons we are mentioning, it grows distracting and irritating, particularly if the character is intended to have a lot of lines and a prominent part. But, maybe they were going for a "cuteness" factor, who knows.
starjk - I couldn't have said it any better.
Thank you!
(But I certainly hope they're not going for the "cuteness" factor...there's nothing "cute" about it.)
I've enjoyed the miniseries but have felt that the children's resemblances to the Melissas of the original series, not to mention the similar soundtrack, have somewhat detracted.
I have a major crush on both Mr. Edwards' though.
Well, I'm glad to see someone else likes both Mr. Edwards'! So did/do I!
Did you ever see Victor French when he was much younger and without a beard (circa 1950's westerns)? He was so ruggedly handsome!
And this Gregory Sporleder is also cute. The first time I saw him was in A League of Their Own but he had just a bit part.
I don't think that either actress had a lisp, but they both had/have big overbites - I was just about to post asking if the real Laura said that she had an overbite.
And yes, this recent Laura is very cute. And the Caroline actress is beautiful.
She doesn't have a lisp in real life. And she's definitely had work done on her teeth. She's so nice!
sharei think she is so cute. i think the lisp is a cute part about her. i am new here, but i love her and think the whole mimi serious was great. i taped all the episodes. Any ways i think she is socute and pa is really cute! For a older guy! i am 14! But i thought ma(Erin Cottrell) is so beautiful. i never saw the original serious will Mellisa Gillbert, but my Mom grew up with the show and loves it. Were can i get the origanal series?
Chana:D
I looked into getting the original series because I grew up with it and loved it, too. But there were 9 seasons at about 18 hours a piece. That's expensive. I found the whole thing for $300 through Christian Book Distributors (Christianbook.com). A cheaper option is buying single seasons. CBD had them for $40 each. I've seen them cheaper other places on the net. Search "Little House DVD". You'll hit a lot of options.
shareI didn't really notice the lisp after a while.
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