Post by bobdoc on Jun 22, 2007 10:19:58 GMT -4
Here's a little Michael admiration from TV Guide critic Matt Roush in his latest columm, from www.tvguide.com/Ask-Matt#01fridaynightlights Gotta get through some Jack talk first, though.
Question: It was so sad to see a noble, selfless, courageous man reduced to a depressed, suicidal, drug-addicted alcoholic who'd lost the woman he loved and was left without any hope in the Lost season finale! I hope that the producers do not leave Jack's character like this next season. I am a loyal Lost fan, probably the world's oldest at 57, and I never miss an episode. But I don't think that I can bear to watch if this is how they leave Jack and Kate. It's too depressing. I would like to know what you think, Matt. Also, don't you think Michael Emerson should host a Saturday Night Live? That would be such a hoot!— Neil S.
Matt Roush: I've said it before, but it bears repeating as we endure the long hiatus: I don't think what we saw in the finale is by any means the end of Jack's story. The episode ended with his resolve to go back to the island, so while we may find out in episodes to come what circumstances drove him to this point of desperation, we'll also presumably be following him on his quest to return to the island, unless the show is going off in more unexpected directions I can't even conceive at this point. The stories on this show often go to dark places, but the island seems to represent redemption, in the past, present and future tense. As for Michael Emerson (Ben), he'd be great on Saturday Night Live: Stage-trained actors usually are. What many might not realize is that, before his scene-stealing work on Lost and earlier on The Practice (where he won a guest-actor Emmy as the even creepier William Hinks), he made a name for himself on the New York stage, most notably as Oscar Wilde in the off-Broadway hit Gross Indecency: The Trials of Oscar Wilde, a performance I've never forgotten. I bet he'd be a riot on SNL.
Matt Roush: I've said it before, but it bears repeating as we endure the long hiatus: I don't think what we saw in the finale is by any means the end of Jack's story. The episode ended with his resolve to go back to the island, so while we may find out in episodes to come what circumstances drove him to this point of desperation, we'll also presumably be following him on his quest to return to the island, unless the show is going off in more unexpected directions I can't even conceive at this point. The stories on this show often go to dark places, but the island seems to represent redemption, in the past, present and future tense. As for Michael Emerson (Ben), he'd be great on Saturday Night Live: Stage-trained actors usually are. What many might not realize is that, before his scene-stealing work on Lost and earlier on The Practice (where he won a guest-actor Emmy as the even creepier William Hinks), he made a name for himself on the New York stage, most notably as Oscar Wilde in the off-Broadway hit Gross Indecency: The Trials of Oscar Wilde, a performance I've never forgotten. I bet he'd be a riot on SNL.
