Lack of tears

[dan]

"Amanda Geist"  wrote:
> ...the totally dry eyes kind of made it seem contrived.
> If you're sobbing, you make *tears.* I have three children who have 
*all*
> done the fake crying for effect at one time or another, and 
frankly, that's
> exactly what it looks like.

In contrast, take Keisha Castle-Hughes in the fine movie Whale Rider, 
in the scene where her Grandfather doesn't make it to her school 
presentation. That scene alone was probably instrumental in the Best 
Actress nomination. They were, well, real tears. No idea where she 
found that ability. If you haven't seen it, it's hard to explain. 
It's to Frodo's single tear after Gandalf's fall what Vermeer is to a 
Nike commercial.

There is some justice in the fact, however, that the scene probably 
shouldn't have taken place anyway. That kind of emotion is reserved 
for, very slightly, the end of GoF (interrupted by Skeeter's capture) 
and, of course, the lake scene at the end of OoP, which Rowling 
handles with the same fade-to-grey she uses to handle "the kiss" with 
Cho. Odd, that.

I don't think Daniel wanted to do it, actually. He seems to have some 
sensibility about the character he's played for 4 years. That might 
account for the lameness of his "crying."

Dan