# William Macy in Door To Door

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-macy-in-door-to-door/119532>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 18, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-macy-in-door-to-door/119532 "2002-07-18T03:09:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-macy-in-door-to-door/119532/1 "2002-07-18T03:09:52Z")

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This man is just simply one of the finest actors in the business.  
His performance as Bill Porter just left me in awe and in tears.

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**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-macy-in-door-to-door/119532/2 "2002-07-18T14:13:48Z")

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Macy was the best thing about “Happy, Texas.” (Him, and the strange gal who ran the dance class.)

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-macy-in-door-to-door/119532/3 "2002-07-18T16:55:42Z")

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I was slightly interested in seeing this film after the first TNT promo.  
However, after promo 4,368, I sorta lost any interest in seeing it and was screaming at the television every time another promo appeared (about every 5 minutes).

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**Author:** ![DanCorleone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DanCorleone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanCorleone)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2002, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/william-macy-in-door-to-door/119532/4 "2002-07-18T17:44:23Z")

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Loved the movie, as I do almost anything Macy is in…

I have a question though: Why did Bill’s new boss at Watkins come running after him after reading the story in the paper? Was it because he recognized it could be a PR disaster to have Bill out on the street after being let go, or did he realize that it was wrong to let Bill go because he was such a good salesman?