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Elisabeth Moss' Performance.

posted 11 years ago by JoeSchmoe19941997
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How good would you say that Elisabeth Moss' performance in this show is?

[–] zamirez 9 years ago

I'm honestly at a loss to all the glowing reviews of her performance... Just finished the season and thought she was absolutely woeful. Couldn't deliver a line to save her life! And those blank, awkward and wobbly face expressions! I was actually regularly cringing while watching. Was she really supposed to be a trained policewoman??? It seems I'm in the minority with this opinion though... Maybe that says something about me! Oh well :)

[–] AppalachianMountainWriter 9 years ago

I agree wholeheartedly with you.

[–] writetopcat 9 years ago

She was great

[–] sporter3_99 8 years ago

For the most part..yes, Moss is really quite good. Watchable, never overdoes it, holds the center of gravity with confidence.

But her accent slips very badly when she first talks with GJ, who, playing an American with an (albeit toned down) Southern accent, probably brings out Moss's own Americaness. If you watch it the scene a couple of times(I'm getting all caught up via YouTube episodes) it's really quite glaring. Moss is American all over again.

Not that this is stopping me from watching the episodes...

[–] bobleb 8 years ago

No comment about the performance, but her character was a totally incompetent police detective.

[–] erikaridpath 8 years ago

You have to feel sorry for poor EM. No amount of even her best acting could save her when the story and the writing and the character and the directing is that bad. Moss must feel awful about one of her worst performances being the best thing in one of the worst things!