![]() ![]() (Later, she refers to the chips lustily as “salty parabolas.”) Feig even saves her a slow-mo set piece where Holtzmann takes out an entire cadre of spirits with some paranormal pistol whips, then, satisfied, licks her smoking ghost-guns for good measure. “Most great comedy people like to live on the edge,” Feig told Vulture this week, “but Kate lives about ten feet past the edge, suspended in midair with no parachute.” That’s a fitting image, since there’s a Looney Tunes quality to McKinnon’s performance where she’s seemingly unbound by the rules of the movie: At one point while ghostbusting, Holtzmann makes like Bugs Bunny and manifests a can of Pringles out of thin air just so she can land a comic punch line with her crunch. Nearly everything turns her on, including dangerous weaponry and her fellow Ghostbusters, and her free-floating sexual swagger is likely to inspire ardor from the audience, too: From the moment Holtzmann sizes up Wiig’s character with a casually flirtatious “Come here often?” it becomes clear that McKinnon will soon topple Ruby Rose as America’s favorite soft butch. While the other ‘busters dither and debate their commitment to the ghost-hunting cause, Holtzmann is usually ten steps ahead, unleashing nuclear-grade whoop-ass on some antagonistic spirit. No matter: McKinnon makes a banquet of them. Holtzmann, on the other hand, is mostly consigned to reaction shots and non sequiturs. The other three Ghostbusters - paranormal experts Erin Gilbert (Kristen Wiig) and Abby Yates (Melissa McCarthy), as well as street-smart subway worker Patty Tolan (Leslie Jones) - all have actual character arcs, and each proves to be a crucial plot-mover. The remarkable thing is that on paper, it wouldn’t appear that McKinnon has much to do. New York Times critic Manohla Dargis put it most succinctly when she tweeted a picture of McKinnon as Holtzmann and captioned it in all caps: “HER.” Early reviews have cited McKinnon’s performance as the standout, and while some critics are baffled by her weird energy, there’s no denying its impact. Adorned by yellow goggle-glasses and a swoosh of Egon-like hair that practically demands, “Draw me on Tumblr,” Holtzmann takes so much evident pleasure from ghostbusting that it even leaves her three colleagues a little shook. The 32-year-old Saturday Night Live standout is the most GIF-able Ghostbuster by far, stealing scenes as the group’s off-kilter inventor Jillian Holtzmann. ![]() ![]() Sight unseen, Paul Feig’s new lady-led reboot of Ghostbusters has inspired tons of online chatter, but once the movie makes its way into theaters this Friday, the only thing people will be able to talk about is Kate McKinnon. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |