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Date Posted: 17:47:16 11/04/01 Sun
Author: viv
Subject: 24 images latest

Here's something I've found that I think you'll agree is a pretty slanderous piece of work. I suggest that all boards who feel compelled to do so produce a well argued response and send it off (preferably in French translation) to the magazine.

24 Images
Autumn 2001 (No. 107-108)

Extract from : An ABC of the actors of Quebecois Cinema
Entry for Roy Dupuis by André Roy
Translated by Viv

“The beautiful Roy” as people like to call him, is currently pursuing an amazing career on American television (in the series La Femme Nikita), and is a huge hit with the girls who have formed a fan club with the outdated name of ‘The Royettes’, dedicated less to his life and works than to his large chin and piercing eyes. Before this explosion of fame he had a chequered career in the cinema of Quebec (in French), and Canada (in English), beginning with small roles (How to make Love to a Negro, Jesus of Montreal). These gave him excellent exposure and allowed him to become a star of both TV and cinema without, however, managing to dispel the lasting impression that his talents as an actor are limited. Only in Cap Tourmente, where he was kept in check by an impassioned role, full of tension, does he avoid macho banality.* But what will become of him now that he is immersed up to his neck in the American machine, where his image may well lead him to becoming a screen idol, dependent only on his appearance?

* Surely the most contentious two words of the piece? For those who wish to confirm my translation, the original phrase is ‘trivialité mâle’. - viv

Information you might find useful :-

Author : André Roy
Editor –in-chief : Marie-Claude Loiselle
Address :
24 images
3962 avenue Laval,
Montréal (Québec)
H2W 2J2
Tel : (514) 286 1688

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[> Hmmmmm....viv, have you noticed that the reviewers who are anti-R.D. always have an edge of nastiness to their reviews? It makes me think that those reviews are less than objective, considering that Roy is one of Quebec's leading actors. Thanks for sharing this with us. -- Susan W, 22:14:11 11/04/01 Sun


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[> [> The writer is a superficial in his comments as the image he claims to be protesting. It is a knee jerk reaction for those who fancy themselves critics to give negative opinions on anyone or anything that has become popular out side of the tiny sphere in which their self involved world revolves. And very xenophopic. I only wish that R.D. were actually caught up in the "American machine" (is that what filming a TV series in Toronto is supposed to be?). If he were in American productions, we in the US wouldn't have to send away for tapes to Montreal. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) -- Trish, 09:08:57 11/05/01 Mon


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[> When I first starting following RD, I read articles stating that, from early in his career, Roy has had to battle the impression that he got his roles by virtue of his looks, rather than his acting ability. Sadly, those nay-sayers still exist and still write articles. Personally, I find his acting the very antithesis of "macho banality," unless that is the author's new catch-phrase for subtle, nuanced performances. (smirk.) The writer's research is sorely lacking. Following LFN, RD's work has been Canadian (e.g. Seraphin, The Last Chapter), not American. Apparently, being a good actor and being good looking are mutually exclusive. Someone, please alert Paul Newman that his entire career was just a sham. -- Gretchen, 13:06:41 11/05/01 Mon


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