Several of the reviewers complained that she was lifeless, and it's like, ummmm, just cause she's lying there doesn't mean she's without emotion. She gives us tons of emotion in a very subtle way. A lesser actress would have gone into hysterics. Furthermore, the Leila character is supposed to be repressed.
Absolutely. The whole point of her character is that she's acting something out. She's quite specifically not emotionally connecting with what's happening to her. Because it's not born out of any genuine feeling, it's a part she thinks she's meant to play, the only thing that makes any sense to her.
And the tragedy of her character is that, when she finally does start to feel something within the context of a sexual relationship, the game turns on her and she finds herself back where she started, playing dead. It's almost as if Gary proves to her that she really can't hope for any genuine feeling associated with sex. Therefore her lack of visible emotion in the climactic scene makes perfect sense to me.
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Date: 2008-09-21 05:13 am (UTC)Several of the reviewers complained that she was lifeless, and it's like, ummmm, just cause she's lying there doesn't mean she's without emotion. She gives us tons of emotion in a very subtle way. A lesser actress would have gone into hysterics. Furthermore, the Leila character is supposed to be repressed.
Absolutely. The whole point of her character is that she's acting something out. She's quite specifically not emotionally connecting with what's happening to her. Because it's not born out of any genuine feeling, it's a part she thinks she's meant to play, the only thing that makes any sense to her.
And the tragedy of her character is that, when she finally does start to feel something within the context of a sexual relationship, the game turns on her and she finds herself back where she started, playing dead. It's almost as if Gary proves to her that she really can't hope for any genuine feeling associated with sex. Therefore her lack of visible emotion in the climactic scene makes perfect sense to me.