• freamon@preferred.social
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    10 days ago

    The show runner for Mad Men cast his own son as ‘Glen’, and that kid was a terrible actor (he’s an adult now obvs, so I consider his performance fair game for criticism).

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      10 days ago

      Why wouldn’t a kid’s performance be fair to criticize? It’s not like we’re harassing them on social media.

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        10 days ago

        It’s usually best to given 'em the benefit of the doubt, as a bad performance by a child actor is often more due to the director than the kid.

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      9 days ago

      I would’ve suggested the girl sally. They clearly wanted a teenager to go through the 60s but the actress ended up looking permanently 13.