And Now I’m Embarrassed For Her

Check out a new clip from Country Strong in which Goopy shakes what Blythe Danner gave her.

Gwyneth Paltrow has succeeded in doing what I previously thought impossible: she’s made me feel sorry for her. I don’t know where her career went wrong, but things are slipping fast for the Goopster.  How does a filthy rich elitist Hollywood legacy Oscar-winning actress end up clumsily shimmying her lanky frame on screens large and small, first on Glee and now in the upcoming, tragic, horribly cast Country Strong?

In the Country Wrong clip, Paltrow seems to know just how out of her element she is as she looks around desperately for approval. From whom? The second assistant PA? The backing band’s bass player? Paltrow looks likes she’s drowning. And catch the voice wavering. And the dancing.  And the no-boobs boob shaking. So embarrassed for her. She’s doing the “I’m not drunk enough yet” white girl dance: totally self-conscious moves punctuated by moments of “what the fuck, I’ll go for it,” resulting in something coltish and awkward for which I will be tempted to pay $8 to see super-sized.

Down-on-her-luck country music singer is not the type of role she can tackle with her perfect highlights, patrician profile and history of Amurica bashing. Then again, we are so stupid, we might just see this movie.