The last three blogs of mine have been kind of heavy, preachy and long. So here is one that is light, short but still preachy.
One of my favorite pastimes is watching videos on youtube. I discovered Goodness Gracious Me, some good music and most recently, the American Talk show host Craig Ferguson. I find Craig Ferguson spontaneous, warm, great with expressions. More importantly, his brand of comedy is markedly different from the usual galaxy which includes Letterman, Leno, Colbert, Kimmel and many others.
Anyway, I happened to see an interview of Paris Hilton by Craig.
One of my favorite pastimes is watching videos on youtube. I discovered Goodness Gracious Me, some good music and most recently, the American Talk show host Craig Ferguson. I find Craig Ferguson spontaneous, warm, great with expressions. More importantly, his brand of comedy is markedly different from the usual galaxy which includes Letterman, Leno, Colbert, Kimmel and many others.
Anyway, I happened to see an interview of Paris Hilton by Craig.
Paris looks stunning, the flowing blond hair, the red frock-ish outfit, just gorgeous. However, I really got irritated by the way she spoke. Let me clarify one thing. One has heard and read a lot about Paris. But I think she has potential. For one, I do think she can look like a heiress when she puts the effort. And I have seen videos in which she has tried different things. (Not those, you pervs!) But this interview put me off. I strongly disapprove of this "umm... yeah... I umm.. well, yeah" kind of talk. The body language is put-off-ish. The giggle comes across as artificial and disingenuous. The school girl giggle, few people like it on school girls, but on a woman it is just not nice at all.
Writing is indecent exposure and I guess what I am about to say also reveals something about me. Well, what the heck. My favorite women characters in American sitcom (in order) are Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Elaine, Patricia Heaton's Debra and Cobie Smulder's Robin Scherbatsky. So, I looked at the video of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' interview with Craig.
Writing is indecent exposure and I guess what I am about to say also reveals something about me. Well, what the heck. My favorite women characters in American sitcom (in order) are Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Elaine, Patricia Heaton's Debra and Cobie Smulder's Robin Scherbatsky. So, I looked at the video of Julia Louis-Dreyfus' interview with Craig.
She is a billionaire heiress too. But she starred in such a plain Jane role in Seinfeld and her bits for Saturday Night Live are also pretty good. Most importantly, since she is not being "cool", look at the folksiness, the ease with which Craig and Julia banter along. Must be the upbringing which makes all the difference.
7 comments:
Aishwarya Rai in Dhoom 2, I believe, personifies the title of this post... most irritating female character of all time in any movie...
Btw, Sarah Chalke's Elliot Reed is my new favourite...
Hmm... Elliot Reed, not bad but thin with too much cheeks and talks very fast.
it is just that paris hilton is dumb and julia louis dreyfus is smart. have you seen paris hilton's interview with david letterman after she came back from prison? it's a must!
a possible generalization based on little evidence: women who know that they are truly beautiful are never "cool"
@Shankin
I don't think it is as simple as that. I think some people prefer to come across as dumb because of various reasons. Or maybe I am over-thinking it :P
@ Rik
Possibly true in America. Not so true in Europe, in my opinion.
@Rik
Wait... maybe not. This is an interesting thing. In Europe, sometimes I got the feeling that even stunningly good looking women never realized how good looking they were! So perhaps, you are still right!
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