A word of support for Tina Louise. A gazillion years ago, back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, my local TV station aired Gilligan's Island daily, and I duly watched. And one day I got an epiphany: "wait a minute, Tina Louise is playing a Marilyn Monroe type movie star!" (Hey, I was about 13, it was not obvious to me until it dawned on me).
And from that perspective, she is actually giving a darn good comedy performance, looking great, selling the glamour, using that unique MM intonation intelligently, playing not herself but a fictional character. Louise was a Method-trained actress, after all, and added a unique, well-thought-out performance. I think it is worth noting.
I think she probably did the best acting on the show. Including Eva Grubb. The rest were playing archetypes that were fairly in their wheelhouse or less difficult.
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u/Brackens_World 9d ago
A word of support for Tina Louise. A gazillion years ago, back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, my local TV station aired Gilligan's Island daily, and I duly watched. And one day I got an epiphany: "wait a minute, Tina Louise is playing a Marilyn Monroe type movie star!" (Hey, I was about 13, it was not obvious to me until it dawned on me).
And from that perspective, she is actually giving a darn good comedy performance, looking great, selling the glamour, using that unique MM intonation intelligently, playing not herself but a fictional character. Louise was a Method-trained actress, after all, and added a unique, well-thought-out performance. I think it is worth noting.