>>>>I think the CSI and CSI NY shows are ok, but CSI Miami? I truly hate that show. Any time I've tried to watch it, I've always ended up hoping for David Caruso to get hit by a bus. I mean, all that posing, and that smarmy arrogance he exudes. How can anybody stand it?
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>Caruso looks like he HAS been hit by a bus! :-) Agree with you on the posing thing, and that "smile" he gives the people he's helped, at the end, with a little wave - creepy.
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>>>And that blond assistant with the slight southern accent? How on earth did she ever get an acting license?
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>>>What? She's gorgeous!
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>>Are you serious? She's 'conventional pretty'. In other words, no big deal. She has a face that appears to have nothing of interest going on behind it.
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>She's got beautiful, huge, expressive eyes, a ready and radiant smile, high cheek bones, long blonde hair, a pleasant demeanour, coquettish (spelling?), well proportioned, and she's tiny. Anyway - eye of the beholder and all that.
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I'll go with that. Eye of the beholder. When I look at her I see a pretty, but vacant face.

>I've a younger brother, just turned 20, who agrees with me, so she must have something!
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Nah. Remember, he's just turned 20, and if I remember correctly, I might not have been all that discerning when I was 20 either.

>Wasn't she also in West Wing - the girl from the opposition who was given a lousy basement office?
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Got me there. Never watched the show. I know of it, but that's all.

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>>Besides, even if I give you that "she's gorgeous" (which I'm not conceding at all), my question still stands. How on earth did she ever get an acting license?
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>>Ok, I'll grant that she's a better actor than either Bo Derek or Pia Zadora, but that's about as far as I'll go.
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>I've got no problem with her acting. To me she acts like a pleasant person whom I'd like to have around - type of person who'd lighten up ones day. Sure it's not her cute southern drawl that makes he sound weird to your frosty northern ears?

No. Sorry, a good actor should be able to make you believe even with your eyes closed. Close your eyes and just listen to her sometime. There is nothing there in her voice that defines the part she plays. She just recites her lines, and that's not nearly good enough.