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season 3 episode 1 (spoiler)


Noah's Parol officer was so ghetto and the acting was awful. Why did the director tell her to be so overly aggressive? If I was Noah, I would have asked her "is something wrong? are you ok?"

I think we can assume that woman hasn't had sex in years. She's got a lot of pent up anger.

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I presume you've never dealt with a parole officer, or someone who doesn't like their job.

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Oh come on. That was way over the top horrible acting.

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I didn't think so. Are you a Juilliard graduate?

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I thought her acting was just fine.

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I think the actress was purposefully directed to perform hashly to underscore Noah's "descent."

Noah's descent is not just a book title or a metaphor for his marriage, it's now the reality of his entire life on all levels.

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Ghetto? 

Parole Officers have a rep for being tough and female POs are often portrayed as real hard asses in tv and movies. They're supposed to scare the parolees to keep them in line. I don't think her portrayal was in any way odd. She was doing what the writers and directors told her to do.




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That's how the light gets in" --Leonard Cohen

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Hahahhahaha. You're hilarious. Please keep commenting on my posts. I love it!!!

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Is it really that hilarious that everyone who's responded to your criticism disagrees with you?

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Yes! The emoji and the pathetic passion. She was 100% ghetto. The role was over acted and directed poorly. If you think I care what a poster thinks, I have no idea what to say to you. I am secure in my opinion.

If someone was telling me the sky is greenish blue, I would laugh just the same.

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By ghetto, do mean trite or contrived?

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Trite.

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She was treating Noah like he was a former fixture in Tony Soprano's crew. Give me a break. It is an insult to the job if they portray every PO as just a cookie cutter type agent.

Or she is just a man hating lesbian. Gotta keep those uppity entitled white men in their place. ;-) Lots of different messages here, but none consistent with portraying her as a human being.

My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2

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Just watched and yes her acting was awful and was treating Noah as if he killed 30 people. I wouldn't go so far as to call her ghetto but she was a *beep*

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LOL, I'll be watching either tonight or tomorrow. Who is the actress?

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You're joking right? There was nothing ghetto about that lady. She did her job!! If anybody was awful, it's the guy playing Nina's hubby/bf. For him to go off on Noah was crazy!!! Noah had no idea the house was left to him and if he do, so what??! I can't stand folks like that, all pissed at the person who was willed something and not the source person!! Just a greedy, selfish bastard that JD!!

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