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Old 16-10-2012, 00:00
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working this well for me. I love her normally in Brookside, Royle Family, Jam & Jerusalem, Silent Witness, but just can't warm to her in Corrie?? Is it just me, she's like an older version of Tracey in the acting division and I don't want to sound harsh?!?!
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Old 16-10-2012, 00:05
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I too have thought about this.

Maybe it's Sue's age, she seems a little shaky for want of a better term.

When she created strong characters in The Royle Family and Brookside she was younger, probably healthier, then when you've played a character I presume it's like riding a bike and not something you forget how to do which is why she still works in The Royle Family now, maybe creating a whole new regular character at this time of life is a bit much for her. It does sound stupid as other elderly actors manage it but I can't think why else she is so bad in this.
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Old 16-10-2012, 00:09
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This is the first time I've watched Sue, the crap writing to blame when it was annouced she being cast for this role and her other acting jobs, she been given high praise. I find her character irritating and I want her to leave.
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Old 16-10-2012, 00:09
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does she even have a serious side to her
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Old 16-10-2012, 00:12
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Corrie must be a heavy workload but having said that Waking The Dead, which she was doing until recently, must've took quite a bit of time to film as well and she was great in that.

Maybe it's because you get more time on a finite series to refine your performance in each scene whereas everything is so fast on a soap.
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Old 16-10-2012, 00:13
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I too have thought about this.

Maybe it's Sue's age, she seems a little shaky for want of a better term.

When she created strong characters in The Royle Family and Brookside she was younger, probably healthier, then when you've played a character I presume it's like riding a bike and not something you forget how to do which is why she still works in The Royle Family now, maybe creating a whole new regular character at this time of life is a bit much for her. It does sound stupid as other elderly actors manage it but I can't think why else she is so bad in this.
I know and understand that they are all acting, but it seems with Sue Johnstone (and one or two others) they're almost waiting for their cue? It all seems a bit forced and a bit too acty (if there is such a word and if not I'm claiming it!!!!) I'm dreading this new producer too, I don't watch EF, but on the odd occasion I catch the very tail end of it, I can't believe how bad it is!!!!! New pairings: Mary and David, Gail and Jason, Nick and Fiz, the pairings are endless!!!!!!
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Old 16-10-2012, 00:13
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personally i think corrie acting in general is piss poor!
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Old 16-10-2012, 00:15
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She's just too much, in every sense. The writing has been terrible, maybe it's the rewrite they had to do because of Sue's illness? Either way they need to tone her down, keep her the right side of the bar and involve her in a dramatic story, away from this silly 'comedy'.
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Old 16-10-2012, 00:31
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She's too good an actress to be playing such a crap role x
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Old 16-10-2012, 02:30
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She's too good an actress to be playing such a crap role x
I hope she realises it too, like the rest of us. But I suppose she can only work with what she is given, and she has been given a lamentable role in this. She is a class actress, capable of powerful drama, even in "soap opera" like when she was in Brookside. Anybody who saw her in the episodes when she was raped will know that, and how powerful her performance was, so much so that I remember it vividly to this day, 26 years later.
But if the scriptwriters in Coronation Street are happy with what they are doing, then they should be sent down the cellar of the Rovers and not come back up. Sue should be miles better than this. Age is not a factor, and anyway she is fantastic to look at, and is not that old anyway.
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Old 16-10-2012, 03:05
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I really like Gloria.
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Old 16-10-2012, 03:18
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I really like Gloria.
no other character does
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Old 16-10-2012, 04:01
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The character of Gloria is just dreadful...no substance to her at all. Maybe if the character was introduced in bits and drabs over a six month period then it wouldn't have been so bad.
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Old 16-10-2012, 09:45
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I have to agree with the majority of the comments here. I was looking forward to her joining but Gloria is just a dreadful character. I really can't see Sue Johnstone sticking around in this thankless part for long unless the writing and characterisation drastically improve. Surely she must know the part is rubbish?
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Old 16-10-2012, 10:17
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I really like Gloria.
I do, too.
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Old 16-10-2012, 10:47
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Sue deserves better then the rubbish she is being made to work with at the moment.
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:25
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The character of Gloria is just dreadful...no substance to her at all. Maybe if the character was introduced in bits and drabs over a six month period then it wouldn't have been so bad.
Very good point. There has been no subtlety about it. She is not the first character to appear out of nowhere and suddenly take over the entire Street, as if she had always been there. That in itself is so utterly unrealistic.
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:31
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She will have a serious side soon enough
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Old 16-10-2012, 13:44
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She will have a serious side soon enough
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Oh dear.
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Old 16-10-2012, 14:44
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She will have a serious side soon enough
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I was just reading about this.
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Old 16-10-2012, 15:21
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She will have a serious side soon enough
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Aren't we all?

Not quick enough in Gloria's case! As opposed to the fantastic Sue herself.
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Old 16-10-2012, 15:44
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I think shes alright but then i havent seen her in anything else so i cant compare her to another show.

I think shes suffering the same as any new character. Shes been in loads of scenes and there seems to be a rush to get her storylines so shes always doing something. I quite like the rovers pub competition but i can understand why it annoys others.
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Old 16-10-2012, 15:54
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Wow, what a shitty ending to a shitty character arc for an amazing actress.

I bet Sue regrets signing up for Corrie in it's current state. She needs to go back to serious BBC dramas.
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Old 16-10-2012, 16:20
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Wow, what a shitty ending to a shitty character arc for an amazing actress.

I bet Sue regrets signing up for Corrie in it's current state. She needs to go back to serious BBC dramas.
I wonder if Sue Johnson was infact meant to stay as a longer term character, but has realised that the character is just not up to scratch and decided to bail out at the first opportunity her contract allows? Because I thought she had actually been brought into Coronation Street to become the new Rovers landlady proper, according to reports earlier in the year. That made sense, but what is showing on screen just does not.
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Old 16-10-2012, 22:36
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I like Gloria a lot. The recent scenes between Gloria and her daughter Stella over the B&B was very funny!! Corrie is very good at that, with some funny scenes and dialogue usually poppin up to keep the fans happy.
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