"[Pauline] Kael noted in 1975, during his lifetime, that it was impossible to imagine [Cary] Grant in the macho action and crime films that were beginning to dominate Hollywood. It’s equally impossible to imagine him in the soggy, misogynistic, stealth-macho geekfests that pass for romantic comedy now. Watching him is to be reminded of a time when intelligence, grace and self-containment were their own rewards. The 21st century, so far, hasn’t deserved him."
Indeed. (Although, one can almost imagine Cary Grant doing Michael Clayton, Duplicity, or the Oceans franchise, and you could argue Grant's influence lives on in vastly diminished form in Clive Owen, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, and particularly in Denzel.) As I've been listening a lot to Elvis lately, and pondering why white guys can't rap, it strikes me that something analogous could be said of him - that it's impossible to imagine him doing twee geeky emo on the one hand, or - is there even another hand? Are there non-eunuch white male recording artists anymore? Suggestions? (Note: simply being very loud doesn't earn you non-eunuch status. )
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and you could argue Grant's influence lives on in vastly diminished form in Clive Owen, George Clooney, Daniel Craig, and particularly in Denzel
Does this mean you could see Grant in such Denzel classics as Out of Time or Deja Vu? Please, don't ask me why I've seen one of those.
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