Beauty vs Beast: Give Thanks For Christina Ricci
Monday, November 23, 2015 at 4:00PM Gobble gobble folks, Jason from MNPP here starting off Thanksgiving week wishing you and yours a happy holiday if Turkey (or Tofurkey) Day is your jam. Whenever I think of this holiday I feel a warm feeling in my belly, and it ain't from phantom mashed potato memories - it's because this holiday makes me think of Christina Ricci, and thinking of Christina Ricci always makes me feel warm and happy inside. I'm not the only one who associates the day with her - Nathaniel himself has done a post about her twin Turkey Day speeches in The Ice Storm and Addams Family Values before. It's a tradition, and it should become an annual association as far as I'm concerned. So pass that stuffing and let's spread the Ricci love...
PREVIOUSLY We're getting over our Hunger pains this week in more ways than one - the Hunger Games franchise is finito and as far as last week's Beauty vs Beast is concerned hand Effie the Victor Crown. She sashayed right over top of President Snow with over 80% of your votes. Said denny:
"As much as I think Sutherland is aces as President Snow, Banks was a downright revelation as Effie, completely disappearing into the role in a way that was so unexpected. So she gets my vote. Plus: "THAT. is MAHOGANY."
Reader Comments (11)
i feel like christina ricci needs one last Thanksgiving iconic performance to really own the holiday for a new generation :)
tough call. my heart belongs to Wednesday but they're both such indelible Oscar worthy performances.
I feel like Christina Ricci needs twenty more iconic performances -- where the hell are her roles? I WANT MY CHRISTINA BACK
You had me at "homicidal thoughts & actions." Team Wednesday!
I'm all about Black Snake Moan, but from these two it's Wednesday that takes it.
"Sex always ends in kids or disease, or like, you know, relationships. That's exactly what I don't want. I want the opposite of all that."
Hollywood was too anxious to extinguish her prominent film career as an adult.
I love Christina Ricci so much. I can't be the only one who thinks she'd have slayed it in Silver Linings Playbook? Would have loved that.
What the hell happened to her... *tears*
When I was a kid she was one of the most prominent actresses and now she's literally just disappeared.
I'll leave y'all with these two Wikipedia entries:
"Mothers Day is an upcoming American independent drama film co-directed by Paul Duddridge and Nigel Levy, scripted by Paige Cameron from a concept by Duddridge, about the lives of different mothers and their children. The film stars Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci, Sharon Stone, Eva Amurri, Courteney Cox, Roselyn Sánchez, and Paul Wesley. Principal photography began in July 2015 in Los Angeles."
Not to be confused with:
"Mother's Day is an upcoming American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall and written by Anya Kochoff-Romano, Lily Hollander, Matt Walker and Tom Hines. The film stars Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson, Jason Sudeikis and Hilary Duff . Principal photography began on August 18, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. It is scheduled to be released domestically on April 29, 2016 by Open Road Films."
Wonder who''ll budge on the title first. Good night.
Ricci's Wednesday Addams may be what turned me into an actressexual. I LOVED her. I think she was my first real actress crush. The Shakespeare scene in the first Addams Family movie was when I well and truly fell. By the time the sequel came out, I was madly in love. It's such a perfect performance. I really hope her show for Amazon as Zelda Fitzgerald gets picked up. I need more Christina Ricci. Lots more.
Denny -- true story: i thought she deserved the Oscar for Supporting Actress in 1993.