Reverse Anchor Babies

Watched it this morning. Her American accent is surprisingly terrible. (I say this out of love.)

@mellbell: Kind of Irish but pretending not to be.

No one should ever EVER go on SNL. It’s always fucking putrid (yeah, I know, bongs in dorms and big men and chicks and Dylan is awesome and we all have to lose our virginity on a futon sometime but do we have to spend the rest of our lives fapping over SLN? Really?) She knows better. She should fire her agent instanter (I mean really) and get back on the stage in something grim. I’d suggest Little Eyeolf.

Um.

Actually, I’ve seen people like Mirren’s character in rural mostly white parts of south central New Mexico such as Ruidoso. She could be a Realtor (r) or someone with a drinking problem and a string of third rate race horses that run at the local track, or maybe a former barrel racer. She knows about three people from the nearby Mescalero Apache reservation from church or from when she taught elementary school there 25 years ago. None of the guys who work on her propitty are US citizens. She can’t remember the names of any of them except for the one married to her housekeeper.

Also, the set design for her backdrop is great. The dreamcatcher means she thinks Indians are cool, but not Mexicans, the blond plywood paneling and the in-window swamp cooler with the cord hanging down all show some knowledge of the area and superb attention to detail. Those women down there are always put together, however, so she would not be wearing a camo shirt with her hair messed up to go on TV unless she had just come in from bird hunting. Working with the horses would call for a Western style fitted shirt.

@redmanlaw: She could be a Realtor (r)

The true mark of a former journalist. We’re the only ones who know trademarks, outside the businesses themselves.