|
||||||||
CS - Amy... precocious or far-fetched? |
![]() |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
|
|
#1 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 6,501
|
CS - Amy... precocious or far-fetched?
I find the conversations she has with adults to be very unchildlike. I know, chip off the old block and all, but I just find it weird. Almost as if the lines were written for a character like Sean but spoken by a 10/12 year old.
I'm not knocking the actress at all, she seems very competent, I just find the material strange for her age. |
|
|
|
|
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
|
|
|
#2 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Mawdsley Street, Weatherfield
Posts: 8,633
|
She is embarrassing to watch. And this "boyfriend" stuff just adds to the cringe.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#3 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 2,281
|
I know what you mean but have you ever seen Modern Family? Almost everything the kids say are perfect one liners that only adults could say, it's ridiculous.
Amy just about gets away with it, as the girl who plays her can deliver the lines well. Good little actress. |
|
|
|
|
|
#4 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 6,501
|
Quote:
I know what you mean but have you ever seen Modern Family? Almost everything the kids say are perfect one liners that only adults could say, it's ridiculous.
Amy just about gets away with it, as the girl who plays her can deliver the lines well. Good little actress. |
|
|
|
|
|
#5 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Scotland
Posts: 8,274
|
Some of the things Amy says can be amusing but I do think they need to tone her down. I feel like they're trying too hard to make her 'the next Blanche', what with all the one-liners she keeps coming out with.
It's not the actress's fault, she does a good job with the material she's given but some of that material seems a bit un-natural for a child of Amy's age. |
|
|
|
|
|
#6 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 7,918
|
The character and the writing for her is one massive cringe. Like Corrie in general these days.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#7 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 43,531
|
Both precocious and far-fetched, and very off-putting. Please make it stop.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#8 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 349
|
She needs a good hard slap. Her acting is phony as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#9 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,608
|
I love Amy and her one liners! Yes, it's very Blanche, but I also think it's very Tracey at times and where Steve is concerned, very Liz. She runs rings around the lot of them and it's because they literally cannot argue with the points she makes, mixed with the shock she's make the observation and said something they don't expect from a child.
The little actress is wonderful too, because she plays it completely straight and acts like she's doing them a favour just by tolerating them, which heightens the comedy. |
|
|
|
|
|
#10 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,423
|
Yes, i've said this a few times.
The way she delivers her lines makes me cringe...it's like she's reading aloud from a book. Whoever said she can act is having a laugh. |
|
|
|
|
|
#11 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 6,501
|
Quote:
Yes, i've said this a few times.
The way she delivers her lines makes me cringe...it's like she's reading aloud from a book. Whoever said she can act is having a laugh. |
|
|
|
|
|
#12 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,996
|
Yet another child/young person in Corrie that doesn't have any friends of her own age that's what make her weird.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#13 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 6,744
|
There's a fine line between making her wisecracking and plain rude. Unfortunately, I think the writing is very much veering towards the latter. Elle Mulvaney, however, is a very good little actress.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#14 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,996
|
There is two types of child in Corrie the dimwits or the vile brat and quite often the dimwits go on to become vile brats as they get older and when they become adults they then go back to being dim wits. .
|
|
|
|
|
|
#15 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 707
|
She's an only child who spends her life around adults it's not that far fetched that she behaves more like an adult than a child
|
|
|
|
|
|
#16 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 3,227
|
I don't find her far fetched at all. She is a child of a family of big characters and she has always been encourages to be herself. She has an adult way of talking because she is always around d adults who don't keep any part of their lives private from her. She plays them all and they know it but let her do it anyway. As for the boyfriend thing, loads of children have boyfriends/girlfriends. It's a childish relationship. Nothing wrong with it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#17 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Woodberry
Posts: 188
|
She is very rude and is never chastised for being cheeky to adults.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#18 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 3,996
|
Quote:
She is very rude and is never chastised for being cheeky to adults.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#19 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 3,716
|
Like all children in soaps, pointless and annoying.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#20 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Ghosts Forge
Posts: 38,994
|
Definitely agree, they could tone down her character. It's as if they want her to be the next Blanche.
All she seems to do is make one liners and all her conversations seem to lead up to a witty quip. Very unnatural. Having said that, she's best when she bonds with her mum. One of the few times the writers attempt to humanise Tracy. |
|
|
|
|
|
#21 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 279
|
Or just a giant-sized pain in the arse?
I wish one of the grown-ups would tell her to shut up and get on with her homework. I don't like smarmy kids lording it over ineffectual adults - I hated that series 'Outnumbered' for the same reason. |
|
|
|
|
|
#22 |
|
Inactive Member
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 1,423
|
Quote:
She is very rude and is never chastised for being cheeky to adults.
Kids these days...
|
|
|
|
|
|
#23 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Posts: 5,168
|
The character amuses me, and the actress is very good, possibly the best child actress that Corrie has had. If you compare her performances with that of the girl who plays Anna's foster.step/child, there is no comparison. I would like to see some softness wrtten into Amy's script, some compassion for someone.
|
|
|
|
|
#24 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: UK and Canada
Posts: 5,452
|
The whole character is entirely cringe-worthy. Even worse is the apparent acceptance of her peculiar behaviour by everyone around her. It's like Sarah's situation (having a child with no father in the picture, no job, nowhere to live, etc.) where everyone acts as if this is not only perfectly normal but absolutely delightful.
|
|
|
|
|
|
#25 |
|
Forum Member
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: UK and Canada
Posts: 5,452
|
Quote:
Yes, that annoys me. If I had spoken to my parents (and other people) like she does, I would have got a wallop across the backside.
Kids these days... ![]() |
|
|
|
![]() |
|
All times are GMT. The time now is 20:40.



