Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 16:26     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:The show was subversive garbage and the characters were beyond corny.


^^^ This post

Has anyone seen the Tracy Ulman BBC sketch on the millenial support group that was given an assignment to watch friends to help them to overcome getting offended by and finding microaggressions in everything?


Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 16:03     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Aniston is sort of the Taylor Swift of actors. She's popular and likeable but without an edge.


Horrible Bosses, The Morning Show? She's had her moments.

Isn't Horrible Bosses a bro comedy where she just plays a nymphomaniac? Hardly one of her better roles, and I do think she's a good actress.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 16:02     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
I think they are all good enough TV/rom-com actors, some better than others. I would say Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston are the better tier.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 15:38     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:The show was subversive garbage and the characters were beyond corny.


I don’t think you know what subversive means.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 15:22     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Aniston is sort of the Taylor Swift of actors. She's popular and likeable but without an edge.


I like her a lot, but get tired of her falling into her “Rachel” shtick and calling everyone “honey” in all of her roles. Gets old.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 15:17     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:Matthew Perry was a little grating in the first few seasons. Yet his character grew the most, and Chandler and Monica ended up as my favorite couple by a mile. So I'd say he's my favorite, followed by all the women pretty evenly.

But in the end it was the pitch-perfect ensemble that made the show work so well. As a PP said, lightning in a bottle.



Agreed.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 15:16     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Aniston is sort of the Taylor Swift of actors. She's popular and likeable but without an edge.


Horrible Bosses, The Morning Show? She's had her moments.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 14:12     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Jennifer Aniston is sort of the Taylor Swift of actors. She's popular and likeable but without an edge.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 13:48     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:Schwimmer was the best. His physical comedy was next level.
I think Aniston is an under rated actress in this series. The scene where she finds out she’s not pregnant but actually is is wonderful.
Kudrow almost breaks character many times, from what I can see. Shes schwimmer level in The Comeback though. Much more nuanced performance.
Perry is good. That he delivered throughout a serious addiction is a miracle.
Leblanc also underrated, knowing his personality is so different from Joeys.
Cox is a better actress than most sitcom leads. Plus, she is drop dead gorgeous in the series. I feel like they downplayed this at times, so Aniston (not as naturally pretty) could shine.

Together they must have had so much fun filming. They played off each other wonderfully.

My order:
Schwimmer
Aniston
Cox
Leblanc
Perry
Kudrow


Yep. Schwimmer was the one who received the huge pay raise over the others. He negotiated so they all received the same amount.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 13:21     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
The show was subversive garbage and the characters were beyond corny.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 13:17     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Lisa Kudrow, yes. Not the others. I also never got all the hype and tears over Matthew Perry.


Matthew created an entirely new cadence for the character of Chandler Bing. You can hear him emphasize the verb.

“Could I BE wearing any more clothes?”

That’s not the writers. That was Matthew Perry.


LeBlanc said those words


Good catch. I misremembered. I still think the quote makes my point. When Joey wanted to copy Chandler, he used the delivery that Perry developed.

“I’m Chandler Bing. Could I BE wearing any more clothes?”

Astoundingly good actors.


That was a fun moment, and certainly evidence of good writing, directing, editing, and acting.

It does not show "astounding" acting talent. Many HS theater kids could say those 7 words with emphasis on the BE.


Could you BE any more pedantic?
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 12:55     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:I forget what I was watching or listening to (I'm old and watched Friends in real time on Thurdsday nights, lol), but they did an analysis of Friends with the sound off to highlight the skill of the actors' facial expressions and body language. The assertion was that you could generally follow the plot without hearing the dialogue.


As you likely could with all sitcoms.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 12:52     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Anonymous wrote:I forget what I was watching or listening to (I'm old and watched Friends in real time on Thurdsday nights, lol), but they did an analysis of Friends with the sound off to highlight the skill of the actors' facial expressions and body language. The assertion was that you could generally follow the plot without hearing the dialogue.


That says quite a bit about the plot…
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 12:48     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
I forget what I was watching or listening to (I'm old and watched Friends in real time on Thurdsday nights, lol), but they did an analysis of Friends with the sound off to highlight the skill of the actors' facial expressions and body language. The assertion was that you could generally follow the plot without hearing the dialogue.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2025 12:34     Subject: do you think the "friends" actors were talented?
Matthew Perry was a little grating in the first few seasons. Yet his character grew the most, and Chandler and Monica ended up as my favorite couple by a mile. So I'd say he's my favorite, followed by all the women pretty evenly.

But in the end it was the pitch-perfect ensemble that made the show work so well. As a PP said, lightning in a bottle.