From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2013 #85 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Monday, January 14 2013 Volume 2013 : Number 085 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Jodie Foster, njc [Sally ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:35:14 -0500 From: Sally Subject: Re: Jodie Foster, njc Hello All! So about this Jodie Foster business...respectfully, because I am a HUGE fan. I agree with some of what's been said here. Any of us who've been paying attention for even five minutes understand that she's gay. No news there. As for her being a great actress and smart as hell, that's also a big 'duh"! She's brilliant and emotionally raw...her acting always leaves me feeling connected and wrung out. But this speech... :0. I watched it and found it almost hard to look at. Typically she's a very good speaker. There, she seemed very much on edge. I was rather stunned that Robert Downey seemed to give a speech about her that was more appropriate for a comedy roast, as opposed to a lifetime achievement award. Her comments seemed scattered, she seemed really nervous, and then she directed herself to thoughts that had little to do with her amazing body of work as an actress! I was a bit caught off guard. And wtf was all the press about her bringing the audience to tears...with what? Her minor reference to being 'single"??? Dunno, I'm still scratching my head over this one. Is it just me? Sent from Confunction Junction on my iPhone On Jan 14, 2013, at 12:19 PM, Lori Renee Fye wrote: >> I'm not sure what the controversy is, but it seems >> that everyone's talking about her speech today. >> >> Didn't everyone know she was a lesbian? Or, was >> it the sort-of-hint that she might be retiring? > > A person would have to be a complete dullard to not know Jodie Foster is a > lesbian. Anyone with "gaydar" of any sort knew this decades ago. I only > wondered how she managed to keep it essentially private (not confirmed > by the gossip media outlets) for so long. It either speaks to her power in > Hollywood/NY, or it speaks to her friends and family really being > respectful of her private life -- which is sort of rare but a wonderful > thing if that was the case. > > As for the speech being controversial, I don't see how or why anyone is > saying that. I've seen a few headlines online that are painting the speech > as "bizarre," but there was nothing bizarre about it. Sure, Jodie rambled > a bit. So what? She's absolutely entitled to ramble if she wants, and > it's not like she went on for even ten minutes. (I posted the speech on FB > and it runs 6:56 ... http://youtu.be/VIoIvBcTc48) Furthermore, I dare > anyone -- even the most practiced and gifted speaker -- to get on stage and > receive a lifetime achievement award and *not* ramble a bit. > > The only surprise for me was Jodie announcing that she's single. (Why, oh > why, am I not thinner and hotter and working in the film industry? Missing > my chance yet again ... LOL ...) > > Regarding her possible retirement, there was some follow up from her, > saying she does not intend to retire from acting. > > Bottom line: Jodie Foster is a class act. > > Lori > Wales ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2013 #85 **************************** ------- To post messages to the list, sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------