Burstyn i Emmy-fadäs

Om ett par veckor delas årets Emmy-statyetter ut i USA. Conan O'Brien är värd. En av de nominerade skådisarna är veteranen Ellen Burstyn, som har chans att knipa pris i kategorin "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie", för sin roll i TV-filmen Mrs. Harris. Gott så - tills man upptäcker att längden på hela hennes framträdande i Mrs. Harris är enastående... 14 sekunder.

Ray Richmond på The Hollywood Reporter har suttit med stoppuret i högsta hugg:

I am not making this up. In fact, I timed it four times just to be precise. Here is the sum total of Burstyn's performance, an on-screen Chyron identifying her character as "Former Tarnower Steady" (Tarnower being Dr. Herman Tarnower, the murdered protagonist of the piece):

Former Steady (sitting, smoking a cigarette, in flashback, sporting a European accent, music playing in background): "I had my own money, so he was more relaxed with me, though I don't know it can be said that Herman was relaxed with any woman."

Former Steady (some 15 seconds later): "His favorite piece of music was the film score from 'Cleopatra.'"

And there you have it. The full quantity of Burstyn's work in the film that didn't wind up on the cutting-room floor. So minuscule is it that HBO didn't even bother to list Burstyn on its consideration page in the network Emmy screener kit sent out to voters. If she were to win, her acceptance speech would exceed the length of her performance threefold.

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