Why Do We Love Meryl Streep?

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Meryl Streep is frequently called the greatest actress of her generation. She's a box office queen with more Oscar nominations than any other actor. What is it about her that is so great and how did she do it?

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"It's weird to see Keira Knightley in modern clothing because I am pretty sure she lives in the past somewhere" 😂😂 lol so true

ks

"Meryl could play Batman and it would be the right casting choice"

nataliaquiroga

My favorite recent story is how the cast of "Don't Look Up" kept calling her the GOAT. Finally, after some time had passed, they realize that she thought they were referring to as an "old goat". She didn't know it meant "Greatest Of All Time" until they explained it to her 😂. All along she took it in stride and never said a thing! So down-to-earth and such a sense of humor.

aksezu

The reason why Meryl Streep became THE Meryl Streep, the queen we revere today after The Devil Wears Prada because that's when she became accessible to her audience & she was introduced to a new fanbase of Gen Z & millennial individuals.

toshi

"And it's clearly not working for her" omg did not expect to see Amy Adams dragged like that my poor girl

ninethreefivesix

I'll just add as a native Polish speaker that she spoke Polish in Sophie's Choice with such native-like perfection that I thought she must have been overdubbed. Hats off to her, it's a really difficult language in terms of its phonology!

corhydron

People often gloss over Meryl's career in the 90's, including herself but honestly they are some of my favourite comedies. Death Becomes her might be my favourite Meryl Streep movie. She is hilarious in it and it goes without saying her acting is fantastic. Yes the effects are a bit outdated and the movie could be seen as shallow or vein but it's also satire and most importantly a lot of fun. I think critics got this movie wrong in the 90s and people are realising that which is why its become of a bit of a cult classic today.

StarMonkies

Critics: We wanna see Meryl.
Also critics: We wanna see versatility.

Anton Ego: In many ways, the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our judgment. We thrive on negative criticism, which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face is that, in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is more meaningful than our criticism designating it so.

polypepz

Did anyone else pause to appreciate dat CHART?! 10/10 Chart skills

tigermelissa

That final clip of Debbie Reynolds -reading- Meryl for her life!!! Iconic!

andrewcushen

Can you do Jessica Lange?
On her journey to being a actress that had looks to an actress that actually had talent I think she was actually given more recognition when she was in AHS than the 70's or 80's.

lalisan

What I really like and admire about her is that when I see her on film she is not 'the same' every time. She has so much versatility as an actress that you literally SEE the character she plays and not Meryl. Very few actresses can do that. Most of the times I see e.g. Julia Roberts playing Julia Roberts etc.

jlnioannou

I saw MERYL and Raul Julia in Taming of the Shrew on Broadway. I was 16. Their performances changed my life!

CrystalWilliamsoncoach

I think it would be really interesting to delve more into women of color. Actresses like Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Angela Basset, etc would make for compelling video essay topics.

pinoy

One more things about Meryl Streep - she "plays well with others" (in kindergarten terms). Other actors, the crews, studio front offices like and love her and want to work with her. As someone who worked in "the biz" for 30 years, I can say that this is very, very important.

Michaela