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Misty Mundae: Brechtian Poptart

She’s not that hot. Not that compelling. Not too enthusiastic. In fact, she’s sort of like the girl in the drama club that you kind of like but who’s more of a friend. So why, in a field filled with silicon blonds and stripper types, does Misty Mundae have such a following?

She gets naked, but so do most actresses at some point in their careers. She does it a lot, but if you’ve got cable and the internet, nudity is something you get plenty of. What Misty seems to bring is a certain lack of interest. She gives her role an ironic reading, as if always slightly amused that she’s doing what she’s doing on screen. People love it.

Why? Maybe because she’s telling the audience that she’s just a regular girl up there playing with guns and doffing her clothes. It’s almost a Brechtian commentary on the genre. Or, possibly, very meta. It could be that she understands her appeal, and is acting the role of a regular girl. Either way, what she seems to be selling is, in a genre that isn’t quite pornography, not really adventure, and just short of comedy, the real feel of someone you might know making movies.

posted by dan @ 3/19/2005 07:39:00 AM