Can we say Illeana Douglas?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M-_kzQzZfM
Action!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH6YT8UYacQ
Sparhausen

I've just watched the first half hour of River's Edge, and have decided it's (one of) Keanu's best performances.

• Vincent D’Onofrio - Feeling Minnesota and Thumbsucker
• Sandra Bullock - Speed and The Lakehouse
• Tilda Swinton - Constantine and Thumbsucker
• Charlize Theron - The Devil’s Advocate and Sweet November
• Jon Favreau - The Replacements and Something’s Gotta Give
• Rachel Weisz - Chain Reaction and Constantine
• Uma Thurman - Dangerous Liaisons and Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
• River Phoenix - I Love You To Death and My Own Private Idaho
• Winona Ryder - Dracula and A Scanner Darkly and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Have I missed anyone?

I just thought I would point this out. I found it interesting.

As the resident person from a Pacific nation here, allow me to iterate: technically Keanu's name is pronounced Kay-ah-nu. I did find a clip on YouTube where the interviewer asked, and he said "Kay-ah-nu but Kee-ah-nu (whatever)". So technically Kay-ah-nu, but he's probably used to people mispronouncing it, so accepts Kee-ah-nu. I may have added that clip it to my Keanu YouTube playlist.

On the topic of clips on YouTube, I've just returned to my playlist as I'm writing my essay, and about six of the clips have been removed from YouTube. Gaaaaaaaah!!! Don't they realise that there are people who are using YouTube for academic purposes?!?! I'm seriously considering having to rip the remaining clips from YouTube on the off-chance that they may be removed in future.

Another off-chance question: Would you happen to have any relevant Reeves excerpts from the following book, please (or can this be found in the archives)?

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De Angelis, Michael. Gay Fandom and Crossover Stardom: James Dean, Mel Gibson, and Keanu Reeves. Durham: Duke University Press, 2001.

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Finally, I watched Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure yesterday. I wasn't sure, but I think the first and only utterance of the Ted 'Whoa' is at the final presentation, when Sigmund Freud analyses Ted and his relationship with his father. I'm going to re-check the Circle K scene, but I was pretty sure there was only the one utterance. Any comments?

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it's not just 'whoa' but whoa in just 'that' tone

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Has he said 'Whoa' recently?

I'm thinking I may look into the 'Whoa' phenomenon - why it is that people, when making fun of Reeves, refer to him as a stoner/surfer with long hair who says 'whoa'. I'm going to go into which of his films have Reeves actually saying 'Whoa' (Bill & Ted, Matrix (?), anything else?). [I think that will lead nicely into fandom of Reeves and the Whoa Is Not Me website.]

Anakin, seeing as you're a plethora of knowledge, can you think of any articles on this site that discuss the Whoa phenomena?

Do any of you have any thoughts on the Whoa phenomena?

I burst out laughing yesterday when watching Chain Reaction for the first time. The lead FBI agent, when seeing the explosion at C-Span, says "Whoa", effectively to the audience. In the 90s when the film was made, I'm sure people were thinking of Reeves as the 'Whoa' guy. I wonder whether the filmmakers were making an inside joke. Can you think of any other films that Reeves is in where he or another character says 'Whoa', nearly to the camera?

Thank you!

By the way, I enjoyed reading your Hags post on the KR IMDB forum. It made me laugh out loud. (I'm not a fan of writing in txt speak, hence I will not resort to the term lol).

He was orange in Little Buddha, but that made sense as it was a mystical historic reimagining, so could be less realistic. I just found an orange Native North American a bit off-putting. Methinks the spray-tanner picked the wrong hue.

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There's also how Asians in general tend to be less expressive than Caucasians.

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And isn't Keanu half Hawaiian, so technically half-Polynesian rather than half-Asian? Although there is the anthropological argument that Polynesians are descended from Asia, but I digress.

Sorry, I'm thinking as I type again.

It has been suggested that Keanu has an exotic look, which may be the hawaiian/asian part of him; he also can and has played the everyman, average-joe american. Though he is an actor so should be able to play any role. But, looking at the roles where he has played an everyday Joe Bloggs, do you think the exoticism of his look has subverted the role of the everyman?

For instance, Thomas 'Neo' Anderson - an everyday guy who has this secret online identity; perhaps Keanu's exoticism subverts the idea that he is 'normal' so we accept and expect that his character is designed for better things.

Could we then compare the subversion of the everyman to playing the exotic: such as Siddharta in Little Buddha, or the Indian in Even Cowgirls Get The Blues. Keanu can play those roles because of his exoticism, where other everyman, average-joe american actors cannot. (Matt Damon or Brad Pitt couldn't be Siddharta, for example).

I'm going to do a little experiment - again, off the cuff.

KR Roles where he is the everyman but his exoticism subverts his being accepted as the everyman
*Neo/Thomas Anderson - The Matrix
*Constatine (?)

KR Roles where he is the exotic
*Siddarta - Little Buddha
*Julian the Indian - Even Cowgirls Get The Blues

KR Roles where he plays the everyman
*Julian Mercer - Somethings Gotta Give
*Perry Lyman - Thumbsucker
*Conor O'Neil - Hardball
*Shane Falco - The Replacements
... looking at IMDB, most of his characters are The Everyman. (Chain Reaction, Sweet November, The Gift, etc)

But do you think any of those everyman characters are subverted based on his exotic look?

Thank you for this (http://z15.invisionfree.com/WINM_Forums/index.php?showtopic=189&st=0). And I am about to read the Asian article; it may help me to prepare for my discussion tomorrow on Star and National Identity, although I don't believe Keanu represents one country.

Seer, I forgot to ask

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I think I appreciate who he is in public, and who he seems to be privately more even than his work - his expressions and body language fascinate me

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This is truly fantastic.

I used this website and the Keanu SWAT team in my class, when discussing fan devotion. I'm now focussing on my final essay, where I will analyse the relationship between performance and stardom for Keanu Reeves. I'm still formulating arguments, but this thread and this website will definitely play a part. The essay is not due until early November, but you can never start researching too early.

Seer, if my essay is of an acceptable standard, I'll forward it to Anakin and he can see if he wants to add it to his article registry.

Anakin, thank you for the Keanu Vision link. That reference is useful particularly. I would trawl through the other blog posts on that site, but there are so many that it scares me! I will look further at it though.

Keanugirl76

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and I got only the dubbed version

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Actually, my interpretation may be skewed, and there is a flaw in my concept. 1) Many of the world's population speaks English even if they are not from an English-speaking country; 2) I note that I am asking this on an English-speaking forum; 3) voice actors try to mimic the tone of the star whom they are overdubbing, so the 'Whoa' concept would be translated.

What are your thoughts on an international interpretation of Keanu?

On another topic, I watched 'Even Cowgirls Get The Blues' for the first time yesterday. Hmmm. I hope to not have to watch it again. Perhaps the book on which the film was based was good. Keanu was believable in his two scenes, though I was shocked to see him orange-faced with fake tan to make him appear as a Native North American. *shakes head*.