Talk:Martha Plimpton

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"She became involved with The Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. She is single-handedly credited with revitalizing the play Hedda Gabler through her work there.[citation needed]"

You have got to be kidding. Hedda is a classic play, performed constantly, that needed no revitalization. No wonder no source is credited! This should be cut. Absalom89 19:11, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Discussing several changes made March 30, 2008 - I made several edits to this article because the general demeanor was unnecessarily and unsupportedly negative. I removed "disastrous and panned" because it is a strong critical and subjective statement to make without any supporting citation or reference. I removed "sparingly" because there was no citation or reference, and IMDB suggests she worked that year, and I don't know what it means to say an actor worked "sparingly" - intermittent work is the nature of the acting profession. I'm guessing most actresses would love to have worked in as many important and diverse roles as Plimpton, as consistently as she has worked. I removed "lukewarm reviews" for Samantha because again no reference or citation was given, and IMDB users have given it a favorable rating on average. I removed "did not succeed financially" because again there was no citation or reference.

I removed the suggestion that Plimpton's move to more theater acting was due to a stalling film career, because there was no reference, citation, or causal relationship shown. Many actors move to theater for many good reasons other than "their movie career stalled." No one can say from an encyclopedic perspective why she moved more to theater without citing her or some other authoratative source speaking to that specific issue. Further, IMDB suggests since 2001 she has worked in TV or film at least once a year, so the assertion may be incorrect altogether.

I removed "overshadowed her work" because her work has not been "overshadowed" - that's just a mean thing to assert, given her quality body of work already assembled at that time and the quality work she's done since that time. Onemoreoption (talk) 23:11, 30 March 2008 (UTC)