{"id":6267,"date":"2023-10-15T09:39:38","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2023-10-15T09:39:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T14:39:54","slug":"witches-of-eastwick-ranks-among-susan-sarandons-best-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2023\/10\/15\/witches-of-eastwick-ranks-among-susan-sarandons-best-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"Witches of Eastwick ranks among Susan Sarandon&#8217;s best performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a no-byline roundup, <em>The Guardian <\/em>(UK) compiled a list of the 20 best performances by actress Susan Sarandon, best known for <em>Thelma and Louise <\/em>(1991), <em>Bull Durham <\/em>(1988), and <em>Dead Man Walking <\/em>(1995). Those three make the list, of course, coming in at Nos. 1, 4, and 5, respectively. But Sarandon&#8217;s performance as witchy cellist Jane in John Updike&#8217;s <em>The Witches of Eastwick <\/em>(1987) landed in the 7 spot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/10\/Sarandon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6268\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/10\/Sarandon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/10\/Sarandon.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/files\/2023\/10\/Sarandon-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Sarandon knows Hollywood is ageist and sexist; she once said female actors over the age of 40 get stuck playing \u201cwitches or bitches\u201d. Still, she makes the most of both. In Miller\u2019s uneven, SFX-heavy adaptation of the John Updike novel, insecure cellist and music teacher Jane, is one of three Rhode Island women whose hidden, supernatural powers are unleashed when Jack Nicholson rocks up. With a light touch, Sarandon captures the agony and ecstasy of being a sex-starved, highly strung supernatural singleton. Imagine highlights from Powell and Pressburger\u2019s <em>Black Narcissus<\/em>, played for laughs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2023\/oct\/05\/susan-sarandons-20-best-performances-ranked\">Susan Sarandon&#8217;s 20 best performances\u2014ranked!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a no-byline roundup, The Guardian (UK) compiled a list of the 20 best performances by actress Susan Sarandon, best known for Thelma and Louise (1991), Bull Durham (1988), and Dead Man Walking (1995). Those three make the list, of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/2023\/10\/15\/witches-of-eastwick-ranks-among-susan-sarandons-best-performances\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-performances","category-lists"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6267"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6269,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6267\/revisions\/6269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.iwu.edu\/johnupdikesociety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}