Re: Dabney Coleman R.I.P.

On 5/18/2024 5:40 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:
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Thought he was worth a mention in here even if nobody else bothered to.

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Maybe it's because he was described by the NYT as "the actor audiences
loved to hate."

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Must have been because of the "9 to 5" role, I certainly never hated him.

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9 to 5 was a lousy movie.

 Agreed

But it was a cultural 'event' that, e.g., every viewer remembers.

Coleman absolutely played unsympathetic characters but he was a terrific
actor.
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As this is a tv newsgroup, let's recall his two tv series, Buffalo Bill
and The Slap Maxwell story (which gave the world Meaghan Gallager and
her glorious long hair).