Wouldn’t it be
absolutely cool, if Tatiana Maslany would win an Emmy? But the real question is
her nomination. It’s what lots of people are talking about and the expectations
are high. I will be really happy if she gets a nomination. I will not be
surprised if she doesn’t! Amy Poehler never won an Emmy for her work in Parks,
Nick Offerman was never nominated, the same with Jennifer Carpenter with
Dexter. Ah, Jennifer Carpenter and Debra Morgan.
Tatiana Maslany is
the girl of the moment, yes, but it is never enough to advocate for this girl.
I mean, Orphan Black has been in my mind for a couple of weeks now, ever since
I saw it that I keep thinking about it and I keep thinking about Tatiana,
because she’s the show. I mean, literally, if you know Orphan Black you get it
but if you don’t I can explain quickly that she’s in the screen ninety percent
of the time. She plays at least five characters so think of how much this girl
has worked.
Orphan Black gives
Tatiana Maslany some of the versatility that an actress probably searches and
achieves every five years if she’s lucky. If you think of roles for women as
mainly the girlfriend, wife, lover, sister, then there are some others who
aren’t any of the above or are more than that, but of course there are great
‘wife’ roles, like The Good Wife, with a great narrative and a great role.
Julianna Mergulies is great. Sometimes the wife, the lover are good roles, but
you know, we want more, more of everything. So Orphan Black gives a bit of a wider
range to Tatiana but also to us. She plays a wife, someone who just wants to
take care of her family, educate her children and be who she is. She’s also
someone who learns a deal or two about reliability and how to demand respect
from others, ultimately to value herself. She plays a scientist who works
relentlessly trying to figure it out her science but who at the end of the day
doesn’t want to be just a nerd monkey but she wants to be connected with
someone, she wants to be taken by that too. There’s also an ex-girlfriend so to
speak, but she comes as a mystery at first, maybe she was just an outcast with
no directions but then she comes and develops this great sobriety and
independency, we just want to trust her. She’s also a fragmented human being,
someone who suffered a structured and centered universe and suddenly she’s
confronted with a different reality so she was way beyond being an outcast. So
imagine all these different perspectives, now think of each one and their
complexities. Tatiana Maslany is perfect here. It’s impressive to look at her
because she works to the details. Of course everything around her helps,
beginning with the writing, then the characterization work, which it is to the
detail too. You see the scientist, her cool attitude, her hippie cool vibes and
her specific looks, the way she talks, her hands’ movements. Each character has
its mannerisms that helps bring verisimilitude that is so important to the
consistency of the narrative, of the show. Bottom line, it’s a treat; it’s an
absolute amazement to look at her. She fulfills you. Thank god for Tatiana
Maslany and the creators of Orphan Black.
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