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Posted by daisym on August 14, 2004, at 1:38:25
"bang, bang...meeting called to order!"
We've all agreed that this is the SUPER week of many of us being without our therapist. In order to keep busy and smile occasionally, it was suggested that we run a variety of fun threads about our therapy and therapists.
So, if you could choose, who would play your therapist in a movie or TV show...and who would play you? Feel free to add in a supporting cast of characters if you would like.
For me, An older, somewhat calmer, Emilio Estaves, could play my therapist. Same built, dark hair, dark eyes. My therapist does have a close cut beard that has grey in it. Emilio isn't there yet. I would choose Holly Hunter to play me, not because she looks anything like me (I have dark hair and green eyes) but because she gave this great speech in Once Around about "How Am I FEELING? YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW I FEEL?!!!" and she ended saying she felt like she was going to just go "sflit" and combust. I can relate.
Posted by gardenergirl on August 14, 2004, at 7:45:26
In reply to TOV Club - Membership Question, posted by daisym on August 14, 2004, at 1:38:25
Great idea!
Okay, in the role of Dr. Bear, GG's T is: Kevin Kline. I needed someone who comes across as very intelligent, but who is also warm and can be funny. Don't think of him as in A Fish Called Wanda, but rather maybe as in Dave?
And in the role of GG: This one is easy...Catherine O'Hara, the mother in Home Alone, BeatleJuice. Also is in those great Christopher Guest movies: A Mighty Wind, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show. This is easy first because I get told all the time that I look just like her, but also because she is lovably neurotic. And funny.
And now anyone who knows me IRL will be certain that their suspicions are correct. I am GG. :)
Posted by fallsfall on August 14, 2004, at 8:14:59
In reply to Re: TOV Club - Membership Question, posted by gardenergirl on August 14, 2004, at 7:45:26
I'm not good at remembering actresses and actors, so I don't know who should play my therapist and me. But I DO know that My Movie would make tons and tons of money, because after My Movie there would be My Movie II, My Movie III, My Movie IV, My Movie V, My Movie VI, My Movie VII... (I think that people who don't know what roman numerals are wouldn't be interested in seeing My Movie(s)...)
I love watching good therapists in movies (but I have seen many more "bad" therapists in movies...) Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting has to be my favorite.
One of my favorite movies of all time, of course, is What About Bob. But I couldn't watch it during his vacation this year because I think I didn't want to consider that I *could* follow him (and swimming out in the ocean to catch his sailboat probably wouldn't have been too practical). And I certainly don't want anything bad to happen to him...
Hmmmm... Maybe the guy who played Data on StarTrek Next Generation should play my therapist, or Leonard Nemoy - they both have demonstrated that they can do the "blank slate" look. I'll go with Leonard Nemoy - although he would have to keep that quizical eyebrow down most of the time.
Posted by lucy stone on August 14, 2004, at 8:37:01
In reply to Re: TOV Club - Membership Question » gardenergirl, posted by fallsfall on August 14, 2004, at 8:14:59
I'm also not very good at putting names to faces in movies. Anyone have a suggestion for me? My T is in his late 50s, 6'3" tall, dark hair about 60% gray, a neatly trimmed beard ditto on the color, very kind blue eyes. He is an outdoorsman who loves to hunt a fish, a negative on my part because I like outdoorspeople but not hunters and am sort of negative on fishing. I would probably pick Meryl Streep to play myself, older, smart, and serious. Our movie would not be a comedy, I fear. On the subject of bad movie therapists, how about Barbara Streisand playing Lowenstein in "The Prince of Tides?" She helped Nick Nolte but they had an affair, definately in the Bad Therapist description.
Posted by rubenstein on August 14, 2004, at 10:00:47
In reply to Re: TOV Club - Membership Question, posted by lucy stone on August 14, 2004, at 8:37:01
I was so excited to read gardernergirl's post becuase I love the movie DAVE. However, I think my therapsit would have to be played by Michael Douglas...(I also love An American President) He has the same type of voice and definetly that sort of presence, although he curses a little more but hey that is okay with me. I think I would be played by a younger Meg Ryan. We have the same sort of spunk and stature, plus it would make the movie fun as well as dramatic. What a good idea for a thread...kudos...and I am excited to read everyone else's responses.
Posted by Angela2 on August 14, 2004, at 11:54:06
In reply to TOV Club - Membership Question, posted by daisym on August 14, 2004, at 1:38:25
My therapist would be Sally Field becuase she talks just like my therapist and I can just see her saying something very logical. / realistic. I would be played by Claire Danes because I relate to her most from her role in "My So-Called Life."
Posted by Dinah on August 14, 2004, at 13:43:08
In reply to TOV Club - Membership Question, posted by daisym on August 14, 2004, at 1:38:25
I think I have to resign my membership because my therapist's business trip fell through and he won't be leaving. :((
But this game sounds like so much fun! Can I play too? I've been thinking alllll morning. My husband's easy. But I can't think of one for my therapist and me. Actually I think I need three for my therapist and me. One for emotional me and one for rational me.
My therapist physically looks like a cross between John Goodman and Chris Noth. But he doesn't "feel" like either one. He's a large man with large features and big brown eyes. But what he looks like doesn't matter as much as how he feels. His size definitely plays a part in how he feels, because he feels big and solid and like you can really rely on him. He also feels soft and yielding and receptive enough to make a good mother, but also strong with a solid core. He's got a radio voice. Deep and melodious. He's not enormously funny and while I don't think he's stupid he also doesn't come across as enormously intelligent. Definitely not high energy, but not really laid back either. Think teddy bearish maybe?
Rational me is overweight with a round face with too-small features bunched too closely in the middle of it. I'm thinking Charlie Brown with shoulder length straight hair would be right. My darling husband said he thought Cybill Shepherd as she looks now. Did I tell anyone lately what a terrific husband he is? And how great the effect of memory on vision is?
As for emotional me, I know exactly what I look like, but haven't the emotional distance to think of an actress or famous person. Any ideas?
Posted by Dinah on August 14, 2004, at 16:42:30
In reply to Re: TOV Club - Membership Question, posted by Dinah on August 14, 2004, at 13:43:08
Hmmmm... Perhaps more important than looks for emotional me is body language and style. I nearly always do the upwards glance. A rather decided and nearly permanent head tilt. A shy-ish smile. A soft gentle, almost whisper of a girly, girl voice.
All of which bely a formidable will, a huge dose of bullheadedness, a tempestuous temperament, and bottomless dependent traits.
Posted by gardenergirl on August 14, 2004, at 21:51:53
In reply to Re: TOV Club - Membership Question, posted by Dinah on August 14, 2004, at 16:42:30
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