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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 12, 2024 15:00:20 GMT -5
Shelly Duvall died yesterday in her sleep at age 75. She was from my old neighborhood and graduated from the high school my son attended. I always enjoyed her acting, except for Popeye, and that wasn't her fault. RIP.
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Post by urbino on Jul 12, 2024 15:43:28 GMT -5
Stanley Kubrick really put her through the wringer on The Shining. Not sure she ever fully recovered.
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Post by turbocat on Jul 12, 2024 18:23:03 GMT -5
I watched this casual interview of her that some YouTube channel did about a year ago and I thought things weren’t well. She might not have been prolific, but she certainly made an impact.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 12, 2024 21:08:50 GMT -5
It hurts to see that. All the beautiful people of my generation are dissolving before my eyes. And when I look in the mirror, who is that old fart?
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Post by turbocat on Jul 12, 2024 21:31:53 GMT -5
It hurts to see that. All the beautiful people of my generation are dissolving before my eyes. And when I look in the mirror, who is that old fart? Yeah, I was thinking something similar when I watched her in that interview last year and she wasn’t even gone. In fact I think some version of this every day. In some ways it’s hard not to feel more and more like a stranger in the world. |
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Post by urbino on Jul 12, 2024 21:45:14 GMT -5
It hurts to see that. All the beautiful people of my generation are dissolving before my eyes. And when I look in the mirror, who is that old fart? Yeah, I was thinking something similar when I watched her in that interview last year and she wasn’t even gone. In fact I think some version of this every day. In some ways it’s hard not to feel more and more like a stranger in the world. I imagine that's how it's always been for anybody who's lived long enough. Doesn't make it any more fun, of course. |
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Post by turbocat on Jul 12, 2024 22:22:29 GMT -5
Yeah, I was thinking something similar when I watched her in that interview last year and she wasn’t even gone. In fact I think some version of this every day. In some ways it’s hard not to feel more and more like a stranger in the world. I imagine that's how it's always been for anybody who's lived long enough. Doesn't make it any more fun, of course. Yup. |
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Post by Plainsman on Jul 13, 2024 9:25:16 GMT -5
The longer you live the more change youy will see. And— the harder it gets to adjust to it. All “old people” complain about change. But I think current codgers have a pretty good case for today’s version being among the most extreme.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 13, 2024 9:39:15 GMT -5
 Yep girl goes to jail, but man that pulls trigger goes Scot free. You all know who I’m talking about. I Garronte!
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 13, 2024 9:43:11 GMT -5
The longer you live the more change youy will see. And— the harder it gets to adjust to it. All “old people” complain about change. But I think current codgers have a pretty good case for today’s version being among the most extreme. Sometimes I think so, but then I think of my grandmother who was born in Avoyelles Parish, as a little girl rode the families bread like a stick horse and moved to Natchitoches, where her parents died of yellow fever. She lived with friends in Ida doctor who gave her to a doctor. He brought her to Texas in a covered wagon and raised her to be a nurse before antibiotics. She built coffins after the Great Storm. She raised 4 sons and 3 daughters and sent her sons off to war. She lived to see man walk on the moon and flew to California in a 747 to visit her son. I always thought she was a tough old woman at 4'10 and probably 90 pounds. I can't imagine living through that much change. I never heard her complain. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 13, 2024 9:46:51 GMT -5
Yep girl goes to jail, but man that pulls trigger goes Scot free. You all know who I’m talking about. I Garronte! Well, the state brought in high power outside defense attorneys to prosecute the case. They should have used the state prosecutors who knew how to handle evidence. Lots of pissed off government officials in New Mexico today. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 13, 2024 9:47:42 GMT -5
Yep Ron they were tough, women don’t get the toughness credit but pound for pound women are tougher, I Garronte!
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Post by toshtego on Jul 13, 2024 9:49:11 GMT -5
Getting back to Shelly. I am sad about her passing. 75 years is a good run. I enjoyed her movies, too. Robert Altman had her in a few of his movies.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 13, 2024 9:52:33 GMT -5
Yep Ron they were tough, women don’t get the toughness credit but pound for pound women are tougher, I Garronte! I'll never forget when she was living with us, I had a couple of roosters that grew up from Easter chicks. They charged her and in one swift move she popped both there heads off. I spent all afternoon plucking them. Pan fried they tasted great. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Jul 13, 2024 10:20:46 GMT -5
Yep my Fathers mother was 4 ft 6 married to a 6 ft 2 German, could outwork a man, ar 95 in the Nurseing home Dad asked her what she wanted, she told him a shovel. She lived to 97.
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Yep girl goes to jail, but man that pulls trigger goes Scot free. You all know who I’m talking about. I Garronte!
