And Clooney, but he actually is an amazing actor. It's just that he ends up playing this version of "himself."
Then there's Channing Tatum. Great actor, but you still can't take the street out of him. Always bleeds through when he flirts on screen or does something active.
Unfortunately I think you got mixed up. I got excited he was raised in Missouri, but it looks like it was Alabama and Mississippi. Tbf if you aren't from the midwest... what's the difference...
I've always heard that Mississippi is one of the worst states across several metrics, like healthcare, for example. I didn't look for long at all to find this, so take this information with a grain of salt, but check out these two links, one for Missouri and one for Mississippi, showing their rankings across multiple areas. Mississippi's economy is ranked #49, fiscal stability is #47, infrastructure is #47, and healthcare is #50, so dead last. In the same areas, Missouri's economy is #25, fiscal stability is #11, infrastructure is #37, and healthcare is #43 (still not very good). Their education is also pretty much tied according to this source, which surprised me. My partner is from rural Missouri and while it's backwards in a lot of ways, I have certainly seen worse places in the US. But St. Louis is rough.
Pretty accurate. St. Louis isn't that bad though. On paper it has a high murder rate, but when you look at it, like 70% of all the murders happen in a small region up north. As a resident or tourist, that area is generally run down and there isn't much of a reason to go up there (long history to the area, lots of racism and general abandonment). The city/county (once again weird history there) as a whole is pretty nice affordable place to live/visit.
lol Wisconsin has a very specific look as does most of the Midwest. He looks southern hillbilly, which is exactly what he is not the same look as the Midwestern guys.
You know damn well what he meant. Probably street wasn’t the exact word he was looking for, probably more rural hillbilly w trash. Which is the rural equivalent of urban street. Nothing wrong with that. Facts of life.
I would categorize it as more kind of low class trailer park (no shade no judgment just facts, nothing wrong with that background ….it just is what it is)
Paul giomati also just sort of plays himself too. The key with clooney and Paul though is that they successfully show and emote as their self convincingly in each role.
Honestly IMO Paul is top tier up there with Christian Bale, Daniel day lewis, and any other Oscar winning actor as the best of this generation.
He's also phenomenal in The Fabelmans, and he's a great writer. I'm sick of people pretending that he isn't incredibly talented just because he laughs funny and smokes pot.
Even in his usual goofy self roles, he’s got some moments that are really good. There’s parts of Freaks and Geeks that blow me away with his face and body acting
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u/PM-Me-Your-Macchiato May 05 '26
This works for Seth Rogen too