I do have the impression she might not be entirely at ease in English.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 16/04/2014 05:57:56 PM
View original postYeah, they changed her relationship to Tyrion quite a bit, which now creates problems in season four, as they need to make it go south and make it happen fast. We left her protective of Sansa, with things going okay between Tyrion and her, and all of a sudden she's jealous of Sansa and seem to think Tyrion might have a genuine interest in her, then in the last episode Tyrion pretends he's never loved her and always saw her as just a whore and Shae exploded in tears that were either Sibil giving us some very bad acting, or Shae pretending to cry.... in essence Tyrion broke up with her to be able to send her away to Pentos (but it looks like he was betrayed by either Varys or Bronn). That was... not very good, regardless of the fact it's also very different from the books.
Hm. Sounds less than impressive, indeed.
View original postHer acting... well, it's hard to tell if she's bad or if she means to portray Shae as a phoney. It's very hard to tell as the actress isn't terribly consistent in the way she plays the character from scene to scene, even when "no one" watches her and her true self should be transparent. It's like the actress doesn't quite know herself where Shae stands, or hasn't the skills to convey it properly. Through a lot of season 3 and those two episodes, she's been mostly fairly irritating.
Honestly, for all that some people are breaking out the ridiculous "best TV series ever" comments, I'm inclined to say (again, based on just the first two seasons) that the writers have only a very short list of characters whose characterization they consider important enough to let it trump simple plot convenience. In season two, the Cersei-Sansa and Tywin-Arya scenes seem to take up most of the effort anyone is willing to spare on characterization - which makes them very good, but the rest not so much. And Tyrion is on that list - most of the time - but Shae obviously is not.
I'm not really sure Sibel Kekilli was that well-suited to the role, and she doesn't seem like she's entirely at ease acting in English, but if her character doesn't make sense, I'm inclined to think the writers are mostly at fault.
Game of Thrones - Season 4, Episode 2 - Purple Wedding!!!!!
14/04/2014 04:39:16 AM
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Well that was disappointing *NM*
14/04/2014 07:15:14 AM
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Two things.....
14/04/2014 03:13:07 PM
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It didn't feel right.
15/04/2014 04:05:01 AM
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Some good points.
15/04/2014 07:40:20 AM
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I haven't seen the fourth season yet, but one thing...
15/04/2014 06:37:51 PM
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Re: I haven't seen the fourth season yet, but one thing...
15/04/2014 10:18:55 PM
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I do have the impression she might not be entirely at ease in English.
16/04/2014 05:57:56 PM
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Re: I haven't seen the fourth season yet, but one thing...
15/04/2014 11:27:26 PM
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those are all just "it wasn't the same as the book" arguments
15/04/2014 05:34:34 PM
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I didn't say it was bad
15/04/2014 11:55:58 PM
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I didn't see the episode....
16/04/2014 11:53:26 PM
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Its very good, some of the best tv ever, but you are right it is not the same
17/04/2014 12:03:27 AM
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The term Purple Wedding troubles me
14/04/2014 04:26:14 PM
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I assume.....
14/04/2014 04:34:10 PM
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It was for the most part very good (book spoilers)
14/04/2014 10:47:14 PM
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I have to ask.....
15/04/2014 02:32:36 AM
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If you really want to know (bookwise, I mean)...
15/04/2014 07:46:15 AM
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Oh, but Rigg really did it Cannoli ..
15/04/2014 03:48:21 PM
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Pretty cool.....I watched that scene about 10 times and never saw.....
16/04/2014 03:19:52 AM
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