Karen Black has died

08-08-13, 07:00 PM

Five Easy Pieces star Karen Black dead at 74

Image of Karen from the article:

Image seared into my childhood memory:

No, Karen! Do NOT open the oven, NO! Oh, she opened the oven. Sheesh.

Platapus · 08-08-13, 07:06 PM

I always thought she was kinda cute.

She was good in the Stepford Wives

u crank · 08-08-13, 07:11 PM

First movie I saw her in was Easy Rider.

R.I.P.

08-08-13, 07:45 PM

I thought 5 Easy Pieces was an interesting movie. Therefor it should be no real shock to understand that I thought The Lion in Winter was one of the best movies I've ever seen.

Katherine Hepburn was awarded her 2nd Oscar for her role in that movie. The dialogue in the movie was exquisite. The riposte, jousting of intellect is just breathtaking. That P. O'Toole played Hepburn's 'nemesis' didn't hurt whatsoever.

I always had the perspective that the title, 5 Easy Pieces, was an oblique musical reference, i.e., scores, with respect to the character's being sketched in the movie. All the actors played their roles well, including Jack Nicholson. He being the central figure, albeit the director tries to elicit sympathy from the audience for the character's plight, but the guy was actually a pretty unlikeable guy; you hated to like him.

She's had that cute thing going, if cross-eyed blonde thing works for you. Otherwise she's had a sort of Claudia Black thing goin' there for me.

Gerald · 08-08-13, 07:59 PM

RIP Karen.

Cybermat47 · 08-08-13, 08:05 PM

This is the first time I've heard of her.

R.I.P.

WernherVonTrapp · 08-08-13, 08:30 PM

Wow, now there's a name I haven't heard in a very long time; Karen Black. I always thought she was hot, back in the day.
RIP

HW3 · 08-08-13, 08:49 PM

TorpX · 08-09-13, 01:21 AM

I kinda thought she was hot, too. I know I saw her in quite a few movies, but the only one I can remember is Burnt Offerings.

All the actors I liked are old or dead now.

BossMark · 08-09-13, 03:58 AM

RIP Karen.

Jimbuna · 08-09-13, 06:48 AM

A good all round actress.

RIP

Platapus · 08-09-13, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TorpX

I kinda thought she was hot, too. I know I saw her in quite a few movies, but the only one I can remember is Burnt Offerings.

THAT was a truly scary movie.

Sailor Steve · 08-09-13, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wxman

No, Karen! Do NOT open the oven, NO! Oh, she opened the oven. Sheesh.

"I wonder what she'd look like without all those clothes?" When she repeats the line at the end of that segment the way she pronounced "clothes", sounding out the "th", was one of the sexiest things I had heard to that date. Then there's the end of that same segment: "You've drugged me!" "No, dear, I've killed you."

Trilogy of Terror was based on three stories by Richard Matheson, author of 'Terror at 20,000 Feet', Logan's Run and I Am Legend. I had read the short story 'Prey', and was very pleased at how close they stuck to it in that final segment.

08-08-13, 07:00 PM	#1
Wxman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	Karen Black has died Five Easy Pieces star Karen Black dead at 74 Image of Karen from the article: Image seared into my childhood memory: No, Karen! Do NOT open the oven, NO! Oh, she opened the oven. Sheesh.

08-08-13, 07:06 PM	#2
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I always thought she was kinda cute. She was good in the Stepford Wives __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

08-08-13, 07:11 PM	#3
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,745 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	First movie I saw her in was Easy Rider. R.I.P. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	RIP Karen. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

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Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	This is the first time I've heard of her. R.I.P. __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

08-08-13, 07:45 PM	#4
Wxman Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I thought 5 Easy Pieces was an interesting movie. Therefor it should be no real shock to understand that I thought The Lion in Winter was one of the best movies I've ever seen. Katherine Hepburn was awarded her 2nd Oscar for her role in that movie. The dialogue in the movie was exquisite. The riposte, jousting of intellect is just breathtaking. That P. O'Toole played Hepburn's 'nemesis' didn't hurt whatsoever. I always had the perspective that the title, 5 Easy Pieces, was an oblique musical reference, i.e., scores, with respect to the character's being sketched in the movie. All the actors played their roles well, including Jack Nicholson. He being the central figure, albeit the director tries to elicit sympathy from the audience for the character's plight, but the guy was actually a pretty unlikeable guy; you hated to like him. She's had that cute thing going, if cross-eyed blonde thing works for you. Otherwise she's had a sort of Claudia Black thing goin' there for me.

08-08-13, 08:30 PM	#7
WernherVonTrapp Admiral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Now, alot farther from NYC. Posts: 2,228 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 0	Wow, now there's a name I haven't heard in a very long time; Karen Black. I always thought she was hot, back in the day. RIP __________________ "The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." -Miyamoto Musashi ------------------------------------------------------- "What is truth?" -Pontius Pilate

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08-09-13, 01:21 AM	#9
TorpX Silent Hunter Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 3,975 Downloads: 153 Uploads: 11	I kinda thought she was hot, too. I know I saw her in quite a few movies, but the only one I can remember is Burnt Offerings. All the actors I liked are old or dead now.

08-09-13, 03:58 AM	#10
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	RIP Karen. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

08-09-13, 06:48 AM	#11
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,539 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	A good all round actress. RIP __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!