"Hana... His voice was what so many didn't know how to express. The power of his voice is still here and amazingly pertinent and inside each and every one of us in the city. Seeing it portrayed on screen is one of many such proofs."
by Rex
This is exactly it - I was watching the show last night (did NOT cry, I have to say proudly) and this is what was wrong:
even though John Goodman is is an excellent actor and the body type added to the whole Ashley-like thing, he was not INTENSE enough.
I know that when Ash was saying this his head looked like it was gonna explode. His voice got an octave higher, he spoke faster, he shook his head....
John Goodman was good but he did not look crazy and that's the difference. There were many people who would not argue with Ash simply because they were scared, because he look like he was gonna loose it.
Otherwise - I really, really liked the show. Even though a friend of mine, watching it, said that people outside of NOLA will not get it. Honestly, A) I don't really care if they do and B) this is possibly the best way to show them what was happening in people's mind. Not the floaters and the mold. The darkness of desperation and the incredible will and strength to live, rebuild, return thing to what they were.
That's what it is, you're right. When Goodman gets wound up, he gets a big booming voice like a preacher. When Ashley got wound up, he was more like the Tasmanian Devil, with brief pauses for air and to glare at people. He didn't use volume so much as this sort of wide-eyed unhinged sarcasm.
Posted by: Ray | 12 April 2010 at 08:17 PM
Thank you! You get it!
Posted by: hana M. | 13 April 2010 at 05:59 AM
Is there any doubt in our minds that FYYFF is on the horizon?
Posted by: gb | 13 April 2010 at 09:55 PM
Exactly right.
Posted by: GentillyGirl | 14 April 2010 at 11:21 AM
Thanks Hana.
"John Goodman was good but he did not look crazy and that's the difference. There were many people who would not argue with Ash simply because they were scared, because he look like he was gonna loose it."
By Goddess! I know that feeling!
I never got the opportunity to see Ashley Go Off, but have read nearly every word of this blog, many times over.
However, I did get to meet him and talk at length at the Buffa's Partay, the one and only time I saw the Rising Tide.
Ray, I got the "wide-eyed unhinged sarcasm" though.
Excellent.
Thanks y'all.
Posted by: Editilla~New Orleans Ladder | 15 April 2010 at 11:49 AM
Well, at least I called that one.
FYYFF
Favorite line of the night for episode 4.
Posted by: gb | 02 May 2010 at 09:34 PM
As soon as he sat down in front of the camera I was like "this has got to be it".
Posted by: Daniel Z | 02 May 2010 at 10:39 PM
How would Ash say that? huh?
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