Tuesday, January 24, 2012

IT'S OK JANUARY, I STILL LOVE YOU


While I'll admit that January Jones' thespian skills are in the C+ range in flicks like X-Men or Unknown, I'll always be a huge fan of her portrayal of Betty Draper on Mad Men. This role was truly created for her, and I believe every single word that comes out of her perfect little pout.

However, it seems like Ms. Jones isn't the most popular blonde starlet on the block, as she recently told E! News, "I find it really interesting that people think that like, in seasons three and four, [Betty has] become unlikable because she's become more independent. Everybody liked Betty when she was like in a living hell in season one and two, and now they hate her ... I think as an audience member you can empathize with her struggling to find happiness -- I think it's an ongoing process. I think it's funny that it carries over into my life, my actual life, when [showrunner] Matt [Weiner] writes a storyline that Betty's unlikable, all of a sudden everybody hates me. I hope she gets a little more well received."

I took a theater arts class in college, and while I pretty much sucked at everything from memorizing monologues to rehearsing dialogue, I always had an urge to get into acting.  Not for the money, fame or free shit, but because I think it would pretty much be the most awesome experience ever to play a character you knew you were born to play.  Me?  I'd love to play a gun-toting badass, a bitchy rocker chick or a 19th century cowgirl, but I would want to feel like I owned the role 100%.  Ms. Jones may never be nominated for an Oscar, but she absolutely nails her part in AMC's award-winning show, and for that reason and that reason alone, I absolutely adore her.

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