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<blockquote data-quote="ClassyCo" data-source="post: 225357" data-attributes="member: 7">I thought that Susan Sarandon&#039;s performance as Bette Davis was outstanding. Not only did she seem to have the mannerisms and the voice down to the closest &quot;T&quot;, she seemed like she had done her homework on Bette overall. Jessica Lange, while a very good actress in her own right, played Joan Crawford much too hard on the surface. Like the rest of you have said, I seriously doubt Joan was the type of woman to outwardly project her distaste for someone or a particular situation. She seems like the one to present a lady to the public, but yet pulls out her claws when the lights were out. She was sneaky. Bette, however, seemed more confrontational. She didn&#039;t mind showing her bad side to anyone. They got that part right. What&#039;s interesting about Feud: Bette and Joan is that the producers clearly seemed to have more fun writing for Davis. Sarandon definitely had the juicier role, while Lange was stuck with a rather cartoony Crawford caricature that never really developed. They gave Davis some depth, but Crawford was kept relatively shallow and petty. What&#039;s funny about this, or at least to me, is Crawford often complained how Davis got the better role in Baby Jane, and now in 2017, Davis is still getting the better part in a reenactment miniseries that is cluttered with possible heresay and fandom theory.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ClassyCo, post: 225357, member: 7"] I thought that Susan Sarandon's performance as Bette Davis was outstanding. Not only did she seem to have the mannerisms and the voice down to the closest "T", she seemed like she had done her homework on Bette overall. Jessica Lange, while a very good actress in her own right, played Joan Crawford much too hard on the surface. Like the rest of you have said, I seriously doubt Joan was the type of woman to outwardly project her distaste for someone or a particular situation. She seems like the one to present a lady to the public, but yet pulls out her claws when the lights were out. She was sneaky. Bette, however, seemed more confrontational. She didn't mind showing her bad side to anyone. They got that part right. What's interesting about [I]Feud: Bette and Joan[/I] is that the producers clearly seemed to have more fun writing for Davis. Sarandon definitely had the juicier role, while Lange was stuck with a rather cartoony Crawford caricature that never really developed. They gave Davis some depth, but Crawford was kept relatively shallow and petty. What's funny about this, or at least to me, is Crawford often complained how Davis got the better role in [I]Baby Jane[/I], and now in 2017, Davis is still getting the better part in a reenactment miniseries that is cluttered with possible heresay and fandom theory. [/QUOTE]

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