Sigourney Weaver's part in this film is very small, but her creepy proclamations predate Tom Cruise's much-vaunted work in “Magnolia” by four years. I know Sandra Bernhard isn't officially playing a character here per se, but she invents a vivid enough scenario that I'm willing to call it a role. Has a monologue about womanhood ever dripped with as much cynicism? Bernhard turns up a little Bacharach in this concert film and tells traditional feminine ideology to walk on by. Sandra Bernhard, “Without You I'm Nothing” It's a bit of a cheat to call this a monologue, but Joan Cusack's performance is so singular and exasperated that it commands all of your attention.ĥ. In this early scene, watch as the saucy Stanwyck eyes a handsome fellow (Henry Fonda) and narrates his every thought.
Leave it to Cher Horowitz to perfectly understand violence in the media.įor a comedy of the early '40s, it is shocking how well “The Lady Eve” holds up. It is basically ridiculous that we watch movies without Madeline Kahn in them. Using some coaxing and a little bit of frustration, Trixie prevails. Trixie Delight just wants to get in the car and have a little fun, but Addie here is holding out. So today I'm toasting the opposite of those dead-serious, dude-driven monologues: These are 10 hilarious monologues by actresses. Worse, it's usually only male characters whose rants are lionized Al Pacino in “Dog Day Afternoon” or Alec Baldwin in “Glengarry Glen Ross” spring immediately to mind when I think of celebrated speechifying. Comedy of the 21st century is a science of awkward pauses and ratatat dialogue, and thus the great tradition of cinematic monologuing has been largely resigned to dramas.
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