Leading Men
Manolo says, it is the long way from Cary Grant to this.
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Not only a long way, I am not even sure we are talking about the same planet.
Sad and true.
always leave ‘em laughing, no?
Let us celebrate the character actor! For they are as the sole is to the beautiful shoe. Supportive, sturdy, dependable. With out them the film is but a showcase for a pretty face and large ego. One dimensional and flat.
Ah, but for Cary Grant-esqe charm and style, there is always The Clooney.
Si, the Clooney!
The old stars are hard to beat for any actor these days. Hairstyle, clothing, etc.. This morning Randolph Scott was on TCM in “Follow the Fleet”. I love a handsome man in a uniform. First he was in the crackerjack uniform, but later he was promoted to petty officer and had a great officers uniform.
“Ah, but for Cary Grant-esqe charm and style, there is always The Clooney.”
Oh dear. I think I may vomit.
Word, SAHMmy (don’t get me wrong, I love The Clooney, but seriously?)
That’s Emilio Estevez!?? Wow. I don’t remember his cheesk being quite so round.
Hi Manolo,
I just thought you’d like to know that I wrote about your blog at this post in mine: http://www.blogspoke.com/page/blogspoke/20061026 ‘Blogs help us find out who the ‘real’ people are.’ Tell me what you think. However, you’d probably hate my general shoe-wearing habits (I have 3 pairs: brown casual, brown dress, and black dress)…And, I bought the brown casuals from Zappos.com! Does this make me shoe ‘lowbrow’? The worst part of it is I already had a pair exactly the same-I liked them so much that when they wore out I thought I’d just get a replacement! They’re so comfortable…Is this anathema in the shoe fashion world? Am I totally lost? By the way…they are DC skateboarding shoes…so tough-made to bear the all-too-pervasive concrete. Does the Manolo have any thoughts for me?
Aww, don’t diss William H. Macy. He can’t help that he looks like Howdy Doody.
At least Mr. Macy is properly dressed for the occasion. I hate nothing more than celebs dressing for formal occaions like the homeless person.
In Macy’s case, this is really an unfair jab. He’s never, to my knowledge, made the slightest pretension of being a leading man, so comparing him to Grant is calling him a loser in a race he never entered. If you compared him to, say, Burgess Meredith, I think he’d do quite well, and that’s the race he’s in.
Oh relax. This is the Manolo’s blog! And Macy *has* become a leading man and he’s a fabulous actor. He’s not letting himself be marketed that way and seems to be a genuinely likeable fellow, but unfair jabs and getting hurt that someone makes a HILARIOUS blog joke about how no one is like the Cary Grant is just silly. I’m amazed by people getting bent over expensive witch boots and Manolo commentary.
I agree, the character actor becoming more of the leading man does make the pretty boy more interesting in thinking about The Philadelphia Story and whatnot.
I love Macy but just forwarded this to everyone because it made me laugh so hard.
I’m with the Zarba and the Norma Desmond. And I’d much rather see Macy with his natural nose than with one a surgeon might give him.
Ah, so very true about the Macy, who is married to a desperate housewife.
But where has the Estevez been?
Well, at least they shaved! We must content ourselves with small favors these days. And who knows–future generations may look back on these gentlemen as paragons of masculine elegance. We think of Clark Gable as embodying suavity, but in his day he was considered faintly ridiculous looking. Those ears!
There is something to be said for having the courage to be one’s best self in the age of cookie cutter pretty.
Ah, but only a quick step away from Clark Gable.