Blog Post 22- Gloria Pulley

Idk I never really wanted to be a certain character because the most important part of any plot line is conflict and I’m just not about that.  However, if I could be an actress I would probably my Tatiana Maslany because she is hella awesome.  Recently I started watching Orphan Black, which is basically just one big fiasco where a bunch of clones from a super-secret experiment find each other and have to escape the various threats from their creators. But the part that I find most impressive is how she can play sooooo many characters and switch back and forth between them, making them all seem so individual.  Here’s a little run down of her awesome acting ability:

Sarah: a child of the foster system, Sarah and her foster family fled Britain when she was young for mysterious reasons and moved to Toronto (I think).  After living a scandalous life of crime and such she encounters the first of her clones and from that point she meets many of her other “sisters.”

Cosima:  she’s the science nerd of the group and is tasked with figuring out their genetic sequence in order to combat a defect that will slowly kill them all.  She’s a bit of a wild child, as well, with her dreadlocks, flowy hippie clothing, and her love for women. (Also props to this show for representing the LGBT community)

Allison:  the snappy, type a, soccer mom… who always packs a pistol and may or may not run a suburb wide drug ring.  She can also get a little emotional at times, often acting impulsively and violently (like when she tied her husband to a chair and dripped hot glue on him).

Rachel:  the queen of all that is evil.  She’s the head of the Dyad Institute, a powerful corporation whose main goal seems to be causing havoc in the lives of all the other clones. But she’s also tortured by horrible childhood memories of her parents being burn alive in their lab.  She gets what’s coming to her.

Helana: probably my favorite character.  She was raised in a Ukrainian religious cult and was told that all of her “sisters” were abominations.  On several occasions she violently murders people but she’s also really good with children. 

Then there’s a few more minor clones, most of which die but yeah. 

So yeah I tried not to make too many spoilers.  Titiana Maslany is a goddess.