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John J. Falco
This could be good; this could be bad. I'm optimistic even though it looks like Game of Thrones Marvel style.
I find it odd that it doesn't appear to connect with Marvel's Agents of Shield.
For some reason ABC does not like to connect their shows to the broader Marvel Universe.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/an-open-letter-from-medusas-inhumans-wig-1797117353Good afternoon, everyone. Let me start off by saying that I’ve been looking forward to this moment when I could address you all publicly for months now as I knew that my casting in ABC and Marvel’s Inhumans was sure to be the topic of many a conversation.
There is perhaps no other performer in the world who understands more the weight and responsibility of taking on a role as complicated and important as Medusa’s Hair. Quite frankly, there is no Medusa without her hair. I know that, my lovely and talented co-star Serinda Swan knows that, and perhaps most important of all, our lovely executive producer Jeph Loeb knows that.
Serinda, Iwan, Sondra and I tirelessly worked with our choreographer for weeks plotting out and perfecting that sequence so as to convey the strength and ferocity and Medusa’s Hair is supposed to embody. Medusa’s Hair is as much her crown as it is her most trusted weapon. Shooting on set that day, we all truly felt as if we nailed Medusa’s dangerous regality. Imagine my shock and dismay, then, when I first heard people comparing me to a common Party City wig.
I am a classically trained, Sheinhardt Wig Company hairpiece of the theater who graduated from the Royal Tampa Academy of Dramatic Tricks. I’ve appeared well-regarded productions of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Evil Dead: The Musical, and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. I am a veteran thespian who takes their craft very seriously, and if I’m being perfectly honest, I don’t think that I’ve been given a fair shot here.
Before writing this letter, I reached out to my good friend Colette, the wig who played Storm’s hair in Fox’s first two X-Men films, for some advice about how to handle this entire situation.
“They’re just jealous,” she told me. “They want what you have and they’re frustrated that they can’t have it. Don’t run away from their negativity. Bathe in it. Lather yourself in its frothiness. Let it condition you to your roots and make you stronger.”
Colette’s right. Medusa’s Hair is the role of a lifetime . When the world finally gets to see my in all of my voluminous glory in IMAX theaters this September, I’m certain you’ll see my performance for what it truly is: art.
To my fans: thank you so much for believing in me and the story we’re all trying to tell with Inhumans. To my detractors: I didn’t come here to make friends. I came to make art. True art that taps into the beating heart of the human experience. That kind of art can be difficult for the average mind to grasp—something that will forever sadden me but will never deter me from chasing my dreams.
Sincerely,
Medusa’s Wig
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