I have lately been despairing over the possible sanity of some FB posters.
Tonight, I responded to a question on the TCM fan page. The idea was to name an actor who you always see as the same character he or she played in a film, not matter what other film her or she is in.
My response was Jack Nicholson.
One of the self-appointed thread police asked "But for what film?"
I replied: It is his Jack Torrance character in "The Shining" that I see in all his other film characters.
I thought that answered the question, but no...the same person came back and decided he needed to tell me what the question was and to explain to me that it was intended to identify an actor who, no matter what movie he is in, always seems to be playing the same character.
(!@#$%@#) You may imagine what went through my mind. I looked this person up to see if perhaps he might not have English as a first language. And I considered that Jack Nicholson might be his favorite actor and he was simply being argumentative that I had selected Jack. I sought out his response to the question. He had typed "Robert Preston as Harold Hill in 'The Music Man'." Okay, I thought. And what more should I say?
My reply was that I had stated exactly what was required, and that it could not be more clear. Please advise if I need to spell it out for you.
Crickets ensued.
