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Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role

  1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films
  2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward.
  3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film)
  4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle
  5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies
  6. Alan Rickman,- “Dangerous Liaisons” / “Galaxy Quest”
  7. Laurence Olivier, Hamlet, King Lear and other Shakespeare leads / Dr. Szell, crazed torturer dentist in “Marathon Man”
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Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role

  1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films
  2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward.
  3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film)
  4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle
  5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies
  6. Alan Rickman,- “Dangerous Liaisons” / “Galaxy Quest”
  7. Laurence Olivier, Hamlet, King Lear and other Shakespeare leads / Dr. Szell, crazed torturer dentist in “Marathon Man”
  8. James Cagney, Cody Jarrett in "White Heat/ George M. Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
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Fun? Lightweight?

Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role

  1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films
  2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward.
  3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film)
  4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle
  5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies
  6. Alan Rickman,- “Dangerous Liaisons” / “Galaxy Quest”
  7. Laurence Olivier, Hamlet, King Lear and other Shakespeare leads / Dr. Szell, crazed torturer dentist in “Marathon Man”
  8. James Cagney, Cody Jarrett in "White Heat/ George M. Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
  9. Humphrey Bogart - Rick Blaine in “Casablanca”/Linus Larrabee in “Sabrina”
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Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role

  1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films
  2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward.
  3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film)
  4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle
  5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies
  6. Alan Rickman,- “Dangerous Liaisons” / “Galaxy Quest”
  7. Laurence Olivier, Hamlet, King Lear and other Shakespeare leads / Dr. Szell, crazed torturer dentist in “Marathon Man”
  8. James Cagney, Cody Jarrett in "White Heat/ George M. Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
  9. Humphrey Bogart - Rick Blaine in “Casablanca”/Linus Larrabee in “Sabrina”
  10. Ben Kingsley - Mohandas Gandhi in Gandhi / The Mandarin in Iron Man III
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With Kingsley, you could have gone The Mandarin in the first half of Iron Man III / The Mandarin in the second half of Iron Man III

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Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role

  1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films
  2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward.
  3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film)
  4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle
  5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies
  6. Alan Rickman,- “Dangerous Liaisons” / “Galaxy Quest”
  7. Laurence Olivier, Hamlet, King Lear and other Shakespeare leads / Dr. Szell, crazed torturer dentist in “Marathon Man”
  8. James Cagney, Cody Jarrett in "White Heat/ George M. Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
  9. Humphrey Bogart - Rick Blaine in “Casablanca”/Linus Larrabee in “Sabrina”
  10. Ben Kingsley - Mohandas Gandhi in Gandhi / The Mandarin in Iron Man III
  11. Robert De Niro, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver / Jack Byrnes in Meet the Parents
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For 7. Laurence Olivier, the role of Szell is lightweight in comparison to the serious Shakespeare roles, it looks campy and Olivier is having fun playing up the crazy sadism. But for an indisputably lightweight and fun role, then there’s Olivier as Julius, kindhearted pickpocket and con man in"A Little Romance".

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Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role

  1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films
  2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward.
  3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film)
  4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle
  5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies
  6. Alan Rickman,- “Dangerous Liaisons” / “Galaxy Quest”
  7. Laurence Olivier, Hamlet, King Lear and other Shakespeare leads / Dr. Szell, crazed torturer dentist in “Marathon Man”
  8. James Cagney, Cody Jarrett in "White Heat/ George M. Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
  9. Humphrey Bogart - Rick Blaine in “Casablanca”/Linus Larrabee in “Sabrina”
  10. Ben Kingsley - Mohandas Gandhi in Gandhi / The Mandarin in Iron Man III
  11. Robert De Niro, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver / Jack Byrnes in Meet the Parents
  12. Bebe Neuwirth - Nadine in “Madame Secretary” / Lillith in “Cheers” + “Frasier”
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Actors or Actresses, and contrasting roles: A serious, tragic or high culture role / a fun or lightweight role

  1. Maggie Smith, Desdemona in Shakespeare’s Othello / Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter films
  2. Leslie Nielsen, Everything before Airplane! / Everything from Airplane! onward.
  3. Marilyn Chambers, “Behind the Green Door” (hardcore porn)/ “Rabid” (Cronenberg horror film)
  4. Bryan Cranston, Walter White in Breaking Bad / Hal in Malcolm in the Middle
  5. Keira Knightley - Elizabeth Bennet in “Pride & Prejudice”/Elizabeth Swann in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies
  6. Alan Rickman,- “Dangerous Liaisons” / “Galaxy Quest”
  7. Laurence Olivier, Hamlet, King Lear and other Shakespeare leads / Dr. Szell, crazed torturer dentist in “Marathon Man”
  8. James Cagney, Cody Jarrett in "White Heat/ George M. Cohan in “Yankee Doodle Dandy”
  9. Humphrey Bogart - Rick Blaine in “Casablanca”/Linus Larrabee in “Sabrina”
  10. Ben Kingsley - Mohandas Gandhi in Gandhi / The Mandarin in Iron Man III
  11. Robert De Niro, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver / Jack Byrnes in Meet the Parents
  12. Bebe Neuwirth - Nadine in “Madame Secretary” / Lillith in “Cheers” + “Frasier”
  13. Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler in Schindler’s List / Hannibal Smith in The A-Team

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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)

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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
  5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
  5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
  6. Bob Dylan “Little Drummer Boy” (Christmas standard/folk rock)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
  5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
  6. Bob Dylan “Little Drummer Boy” (Christmas standard/folk rock)
  7. The Who “Summertime Blues” (1958 Rockabilly Song / Rock Band)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
  5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
  6. Bob Dylan “Little Drummer Boy” (Christmas standard/folk rock)
  7. The Who “Summertime Blues” (1958 Rockabilly Song / Rock Band)
  8. The Rolling Stones, “Angie” (Ballad / Rock Band)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
  5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
  6. Bob Dylan “Little Drummer Boy” (Christmas standard/folk rock)
  7. The Who “Summertime Blues” (1958 Rockabilly Song / Rock Band)
  8. The Rolling Stones, “Angie” (Ballad / Rock Band)
  9. The Chordettes, “Mister Sandman” (Pop vocal / Barbershop quartet)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
  5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
  6. Bob Dylan “Little Drummer Boy” (Christmas standard/folk rock)
  7. The Who “Summertime Blues” (1958 Rockabilly Song / Rock Band)
  8. The Rolling Stones, “Angie” (Ballad / Rock Band)
    9 . The Chordettes, “Mister Sandman” (Pop vocal / Barbershop quartet)
  9. Pat Boone, “Smoke on the Water” (Rock / Pop, ballads)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
  5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
  6. Bob Dylan “Little Drummer Boy” (Christmas standard/folk rock)
  7. The Who “Summertime Blues” (1958 Rockabilly Song / Rock Band)
  8. The Rolling Stones, “Angie” (Ballad / Rock Band)
    9 . The Chordettes, “Mister Sandman” (Pop vocal / Barbershop quartet)
  9. Pat Boone, “Smoke on the Water” (Rock / Pop, ballads)
  10. Blondie, “Rapture” (Disco/rap song, new wave band)
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Popular music songs that represent a major departure from an artist’s/band’s usual genre

  1. KISS “I Was Made for Loving You” (disco song / hard rock band)
  2. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (acoustic ballad / punk band)
  3. Hank Williams Jr “Ain’t Misbehavin’” (old standard ballad / redneck drunk)
  4. Willie Nelson “Blue Skies” (Irving Berlin standard/C&W outlaw)
  5. Johnny Cash “Hurt” (Nine Inch Nails cover)
  6. Bob Dylan “Little Drummer Boy” (Christmas standard/folk rock)
  7. The Who “Summertime Blues” (1958 Rockabilly Song / Rock Band)
  8. The Rolling Stones, “Angie” (Ballad / Rock Band)
    9 . The Chordettes, “Mister Sandman” (Pop vocal / Barbershop quartet)
  9. Pat Boone, “Smoke on the Water” (Rock / Pop, ballads)
  10. Blondie, “Rapture” (Disco/rap song, new wave band)
  11. John Denver, “Johnny B. Goode” (On his “JD” album, played with electric guitar)