Day 53: You know, The Postman is really not as bad as people remember. I think it kind of got smacked with the Waterworld bat. Costner was doing some really interesting stuff there for a while. There is one scene where a young postal carrier, named "Ponytail" in the credits, gets all moony over Costner, and shyly asks him to dance, just as he walks over to the woman he loves. She is crestfallen. Then Ford Lincoln Mercury asks her to dance, and she's suddenly fine. Now, this scene may not have stood out in your memory at the time, but it always bothered me, because that very, very, very minor character -- the one named for her hairstyle -- is suddenly and inexplicably the focus of the movie for a few minutes, and then recedes to again largely be a mute in the background for the rest of the movie.
It didn't make any sense, and was always a really jarring moment for me. It was a jarring moment for you, too, but the only thing you remember about the movie was Tom Petty's cameo. Trust me. At the time, you were like, "What's up with that girl?"
WELL. It turns out that that girl never really did much else (she was in a video short called Lazy Teenage Superheroes in 2010, and it was her only role since "Ponytail"). And prior to The Postman, she had appeared in only two other movies: The Baby-Sitters Club, and Dances with Wolves.
You could be forgiven for perhaps thinking that the young actress had impressed Costner on Dances with Wolves, and that he remembered her and invited her for a small role in The Postman.
Nah.
She's his daughter.
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Delightful experiments are happening in the kitchen, and I'll update you as soon as they have come to fruition.
Tomorrow, gentle reader, ADVENTURE!! :)
It didn't make any sense, and was always a really jarring moment for me. It was a jarring moment for you, too, but the only thing you remember about the movie was Tom Petty's cameo. Trust me. At the time, you were like, "What's up with that girl?"
WELL. It turns out that that girl never really did much else (she was in a video short called Lazy Teenage Superheroes in 2010, and it was her only role since "Ponytail"). And prior to The Postman, she had appeared in only two other movies: The Baby-Sitters Club, and Dances with Wolves.
You could be forgiven for perhaps thinking that the young actress had impressed Costner on Dances with Wolves, and that he remembered her and invited her for a small role in The Postman.
Nah.
She's his daughter.
***
Delightful experiments are happening in the kitchen, and I'll update you as soon as they have come to fruition.
Tomorrow, gentle reader, ADVENTURE!! :)
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