Comments from Numerounovedant
- I agree that the lead could use some polishing, but with no major issues.
- The first sentence might look better if you add her stage credits to it as you did in that of Meryl Streep.
- Some of her notable stage appearances are already mentioned in the first and third paragraphs.
- you can mention an "American film and stage actress" or something like that.
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- Added.
- Please help me understand the role of - "As a final-year student at the Juilliard School, she was signed on for a talent holding deal by the television producer John Wells." here.
- Okay, so while she was in her final year of school, a producer signed her on for roles in TV shows that were produced by him.
- "From 2004 to 2010," - "Early in her career" maybe?
- It's better to be specific I think.
- " Her next film roles were in Stolen (2009), a critically panned mystery-thriller, and in The Debt (2010), in which she played the younger version of Helen Mirren's character." - maybe a little about "the role" you mention, just a suggestion to improve the relevcance of the sentence.
- She had a minor role in Stolen, so I don't think it adds much to the lead.
- Then you should mention that she played a minor role. You don't want to attribute a critically panned movie to her resume with a minor role! Plus the sentence itself raised a question in my mind (as a reader) of her role in the movie.
- "Chastain's breakthrough in Hollywood came in 2011 when she had six film releases." - The year 2011 turned out to be the breakthrough year for Chastian" or something similar to that maybe. Your version somehow makes it sound like the number had something to do with her breakthrough.
- Agreed. I tweaked it a bit.
- " leading lady" - "female lead"?
- "Leading lady" is an acceptable term.
- Yes, but it's usually used to refer to a role where the lady is the protagonist of the film, I don't think that is the case here.
- Not really. If you see the wikilinked article it says it also refers to "the actress who plays a secondary lead, usually a love interest, to the leading actor in a film or play."
- Yes it says an "informal way" to refer to the... See, it is a trivial issue, and I don't want it to come in way of the flow of the rest of the Lead. It comes out odd to the reader because she was neither an established actress back then nor played a central role for the film, so I think it's better if the article omitted the "Leading lady" reference.
- "in 1960s America" - " in America in the in 1960s America"?
- "1960s America" is quite correct actually.
- "Chastain received her first Academy Award nomination, in the supporting actress category."
- Not sure what you mean here, because the additional comma would make it grammatically incorrect.
- I misread it, I though you had a comma there. Please ignore!
- "$747 million-grossing" - "top grossing"?
- Better to mention the figure, isn't it?
- I don't know, it reads awkwardly to me. You could ask for a second opinion here.
"and played Maya, a CIA intelligent analyst, in Kathryn Bigelow's thriller Zero Dark Thirty. The latter was a partly" - "She played Maya, a CIA intelligent analyst, in Kathryn Bigelow's thriller Zero Dark Thirty, a partly fictionalized account.
- The sentence would be a bit too lengthy if I don't split it.
"and garnered Chastain"- "She received a"
- "Garnered" is quite correct actually.
- I think I couldn't get my point across here. What I meant was that this sentence reads better if separated - "In 2012, she voiced the character of Gia in the $747 million-grossing animated film Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, and played Maya, a CIA intelligent analyst, in Kathryn Bigelow's thriller Zero Dark Thirty." Mainly because you talk about Zero Dark Thirty in the para further and it's better to keep it as an independent entry!
- Yeah, I've split the sentences.
- "in The Martain"- "in another science fiction film The Martian
- I deliberately did not mention "science fiction film" so soon after I used it to describe Interstellar.
- Fair enough.
- The rest of the list looks good! I hope my comments help make parts of the article better. NumerounovedantTalk 06:34, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Thanks for the comments, Numerounovedant. Krimuk|90 (talk) 09:27, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- I replied to your comments. Also if you feel it to be appropriate here, I suggest you add the Richard Roeper's comments post "Mama", describing her as "one of the finest actors of her generation." It would add to her credits, if you think it's appropriate. NumerounovedantTalk 12:41, 29 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- That's an interesting point, but I'm not sure I'd like to repeat that quote here, since it's already being used in the lead section of her biography. --Krimuk|90 (talk) 02:15, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- When the last three points have been addressed (The "minor role", "Leading Lady", and the gorss issue) I'd be happy to support the nomination! Good work! NumerounovedantTalk 04:06, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- I've tweaked the two sentences to address your first two concerns, but I must insist that there is nothing wrong in mentioning the gross figure for Madagascar, since it is her highest-grossing film. --Krimuk|90 (talk) 05:43, 30 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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