gridlore: Doug looking off camera with a grin (drama)
Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2002-12-15 12:15 pm

"Acting"

I've just read yet another article praising Eminem's performance in 8 Mile.

OK. Let me see if I understand this. Eminem is a white rapper from a poor section of Detroit who has issues with his mother and women in general. He had to struggle for acceptence in the music world.

In the movie, he plays the exact same thing.

I will believe that Em is a good actor when he plays something other than himself.

Re:

[identity profile] femakita.livejournal.com 2002-12-16 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, but I don't see all this praise over his acting ability when we haven't seen him stretch.

Because entertainment media and at least half of all movie "reviews" are a big corporate wankfest for whoever's hot at the moment?

Oops, that was my out loud voice.

I would also like to see him act in something non-autobiographical, although I have to say that I don't think him playing a cold-hearted son-of-a-bitch would necessarily be that much of a stretch either. :)