Rozzie-born actress: Why does Hollywood think everybody in Boston is ugly?
Amy Derjue interviews Christine Elise McCarthy, the Rozzie hoodsie turned 90210 actress turned writer and photographer, about her life in general and what it's like to be back in Boston. Among other things, she discussed how Boston's now portrayed on film:
... My only negative remark, and I won't name a specific film, is that I'm dismayed that everybody seems to have this collective agreement in films shot in Boston, that if you are poor or blue collar in Boston, you're incredibly unattractive. Of course, there are some people for whom that's accurate, but it seems so circus sideshowy. That's not a fair representation. ... I have a friend who grew up in Roslindale and she was living in Los Angeles and was working in TV and film and decided to move back to Boston because the men were cuter. So there, those who would make us look ugly. ...
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hoodsie?
So she's a little tub of ice cream? Huh?
Oh, right, secondary definition. Live and learn.
His verdict: She's no hoodsie
Cleary Squared takes exception to my calling her one:
But CS, how do we know she wasn't a hoodsie when she was a Rozzie rat? Does one ever lose one's hoodsieness?
UH 1, CS 0, or Fool for a Pretty Rozzie Rat face
Touche. (See, this is what I didn't learn in the exam schools - I was too busy conjugating Latin verbs and having a serious crush on the most sophisticated girl in my class to notice what a hoodsie really was. XD )
I don't know CEM personally, but when I saw her picture (a very nice picture, I might add), I figured she grew out of her "hoodsieness." But you never grow out of your reputation, good or bad, as there are always triggers that will remind you of the "old days."
hoodsie
What's a hoodsie? Sorry, I'm not a native English speaker...
Hoodsies
There are two definitions:
One is a small cup of ice cream, usually a mix of chocolate and vanilla, typically eaten with a small, flat wooden spoon, named for HP Hood, the local dairy that makes them.
The other is for a young female inhabitant of certain Boston neighborhoods.
More on Boston English.
Hoodsies
Definition A:
Definition B:
Special bonus definition C:
I'm not sure Bostonians are
I'm not sure Bostonians are unattractive, but the fact that we seem to be the worst dressers of any major metropolitan city in the US sure doesn't help. And that statement sure isn't limited to the blue collar guys in Southie.
I'll have to agree with the
I'll have to agree with the bad dressers comment, at least as compared to NYC and Chicago. That's fine with me though... I've never been one to put that much effort into my wardrobe, beyond NOT wearing flip flops and sweatpants out in public.
Then again, I would hate to
Then again, I would hate to see more "fashion forward" people with gigantic, bug-eyed sunglasses that cover 90% of their skulls, who are also wearing thick scarves wrapped tightly around their necks. Scarves that almost reach down to the thick prison-striped leggings that they are wearing in lieu of pants, as the oversized faux-maternity shirt (Jasmine Sola approved, I guess) they have on reaches just a few inches past their waist.
Ah, the B Line this past August...a lot of people trying way too hard to be the way someone else told them they need to be, and pretending it's not ninety-three degrees outside at the same time.
She was on 90210? After 15
She was on 90210? After 15 minutes of googling, I found she was in a few episodes as some psycho girlfriend of one of the main characters and then she had a bunch of nobody roles.
And...um...right, that guy who was in Goodwill Hunting, yeah, he was really ugly. Nobody likes him...
Oh yeah- and Boston *is* full of really ugly people, just like California is, just like NYC, just like Paris, just like London. Yeesh.
She was talking about ...
Movies after GWH.
Sure, and the Charles River
Sure, and the Charles River is really clean, except for the part with water in it.
Like what?
I'm guessing not The Departed, since that was packed with good-looking people.
Based on her hint about 'blue collar,' I'll assume she's talking about Gone Baby Gone. Man, Casey Affleck and his female sidekick are hideous! Putting makeup on Amy Ryan made her look normal, not ugly. Plus, she was playing a drug addict—hardly a habit conducive to beauty.
Jealous much? How many
Jealous much? How many roles have YOU played? Even one nobody role???
Thought not.
Elise
Look her up on www.imdb.com -- she did a year on ER, too.
And I think she meant the cast of supporting players - not the leads.