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September 20, 2009
More real heros: Parker Posey
They're picking up prisoners and putting 'em in a pen.
And all she wants to do is dance.-D. Kortchmar/WB Music Corp. ASCAP (1984)
Rent "Party Girl" (1995) and watch her dance in the last scene. Parker Posey is way beyond hip. She is her own world: 100% authentic and convincing in every scence. Not unlike Neal Cassady, François Villon, Raoul Duke or the tragically misunderstood, and now martyr-like, GeekLawyer. You may have to look them all up; it's worth it--so do that. Escape Rancho Bernardo, Centerville, Moon Township and Latrobe. Come live in the world.
In late 2007, I met Posey in the Newark Airport on the way to London. I remember nothing about my life before that day. She's the rare American woman with Southern roots who won't make you gag the minute she starts talking. Slight accent, always subtle. Not just funny. Her natural quirk and smarts almost hide how gorgeous she is.
And man is she funny. But can we see her in more dramatic roles? It's not (yet) like the Bill Murray-syndrome yet--where people just look at him and laugh. Not enough of us have seen Parker Posey. She's picked roles early in her career that were brave and non-commercial.
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Posey is the original Party Girl--and one with huge brains.
Posted by JD Hull at September 20, 2009 11:58 PM