Yeah, you and I frequently view things very differently, I hope you know that I always respect your opinion... and you don't have to soften that opinion for me.
A lot of people are not fans of Eliza's acting, but personally I always got a lot more from her performances (seeing the desperate lonely little girl within the boasting obnoxious Faith), and I find things to enjoy in her work as Echo.... But having said that, I'll admit that I'm more impressed with her work as a producer than as an actress, and I'm very happy that she shows no signs of being jealous of the attention that other actors are getting on her show. It seems to me that she is happy to have Dollhouse be an ensemble and isn't insisting that everything revolve around herself.
I'm kind of reminded of Cybill Shepherd who was jealous of Bruce Willis achieving a greater stardom than her in 'Moonlighting', and of all the emmy nods Christine Baranski got in 'Cybill'. She seemed to sabotage her own shows because she wasn't willing to realize that there were stronger performances and better actors in those shows.
I think that Eliza deserves credit for getting Joss back to network television, and for being cool about all the jokes made at her expense (she was nominated for an online 'Worst Actress' award). And I thought her scenes with Alan Tudyk were incredibly awesome, she definitely kept up with him, showing tremendous connection with him.... That is pretty impressive for someone who hasn't had the training he has.
Re: Active vs. Passive
A lot of people are not fans of Eliza's acting, but personally I always got a lot more from her performances (seeing the desperate lonely little girl within the boasting obnoxious Faith), and I find things to enjoy in her work as Echo.... But having said that, I'll admit that I'm more impressed with her work as a producer than as an actress, and I'm very happy that she shows no signs of being jealous of the attention that other actors are getting on her show. It seems to me that she is happy to have Dollhouse be an ensemble and isn't insisting that everything revolve around herself.
I'm kind of reminded of Cybill Shepherd who was jealous of Bruce Willis achieving a greater stardom than her in 'Moonlighting', and of all the emmy nods Christine Baranski got in 'Cybill'. She seemed to sabotage her own shows because she wasn't willing to realize that there were stronger performances and better actors in those shows.
I think that Eliza deserves credit for getting Joss back to network television, and for being cool about all the jokes made at her expense (she was nominated for an online 'Worst Actress' award). And I thought her scenes with Alan Tudyk were incredibly awesome, she definitely kept up with him, showing tremendous connection with him.... That is pretty impressive for someone who hasn't had the training he has.