The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award
The Grandma (as transcribed) scenes; John Malkovich's Teddy KGB
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- The Grandma (as transcribed) scenes are rough and hard to read: the pit bull abuse, which a dog lover dislikes, is a quick way to make the audience hate him, but it tips into evil, and if he is evil why does he not just kill Worm; what he actually did to the dog is unclear because the camera cuts away.
- Asked for another overactor, a host wonders whether Teddy KGB could win both the overacting and the heat-check awards: the 'splash the pot' clip is played and called a bit of a reach, trying too hard; Malkovich is captivating and everything he says gets a laugh, but there should be menace, and instead he is an oddball, shut-in, Oreo-eating quasi-Russian with a weird exaggerated accent that is fun without necessarily being good.