Hilarious - reminiscent of The Trouble with Harry, one of the funniest movies ever (by Alfred Hitchcock, to boot).
I started a thread because of my question: Is David Boreanaz a lousy singer, or was he playing Seeley Booth as a lousy singer? I would be disappointed if it’s the latter, because they already have Seeley as a bit of a dork.
He sang karaoke once or twice on Angel, (Barry Manilow’s “Mandy”), and I remember him being only marginally better than his performance at the wake. I get the impression that Boreanaz isn’t really musical at all, especially compared to his co-star, who, as the dead guy’s brother pointed out, has a lovely singing voice.
I’ve been rewatching Angel lately, and season 2 is full of “Oh God, is Angel gonna sing? Isn’t there some other way?!?!” jokes.
*For the uninitiated, Angel would occasionally sing so that a friendly empath demon could “read” him and “put him on his path”.
I was amazed at her voice in that karaoke episode a while back. They should’ve released a full version of her singing Girls Just Wanna Have Fun as an mp3 to promote the show or something. I would’ve downloaded it, anyway.
But yeah, Boreanaz can’t sing a lick.
Emily’s sister, Zooey, has had some success as a recording artist, so it shouldn’t be all that surprising that Emily can sing too. Zooey’s “I Kissed a Girl” was a pretty big hit. Actually, she’s in the band, She and Him, which is pretty good.
Exactly - I don’t love him as an actor, I love him because I’m proud of him. He’s like my really stupid baby who worked really hard and graduated from high school! I have this warm feeling of affection for the guy just because he never stops trying, and he’s really come a long way to make it to mediocre.
Also, he’s a lot better looking than he used to be, IMHO.
It’s arguable that he was playing up the uber-repressed, withdrawn persona; the change he underwent when he became Angelus for a time was too stark to be just a natural improvement in acting. I suppose some might disagree that he was good when he was Angelus, but he played scary SOB to the hilt IMO.
I think he was just better at playing Angelus. You could tell when he wasn’t Angelus because his “acting style” was “just walked into a sliding glass door and hasn’t figured out what hit him yet”. I think Angelus was just the actor having a good time.
To give him credit, can you imagine how boring it must be to have to play Angel all the time? Weep, weep, moan, sigh, stare, clench jaw…
So, the writers are just going for slapstick now, right? I mean, that couldn’t have been any more contrived. I remember when Booth was a stickler for the law, so much that he’d be forced to arrest Bones’ relatives. Now he’s stealing bodies, messing up the chain of evidence, and handcuffing a guy to a coffin. Enjoy your lawsuit, Booth!