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In the Beginning there was music video. Cyndi Lauper showed from the start that she had screen presence, Her movie career may be unimpressive but her TV appearances went from strength to strength. Cyndi guest-starred twice on the hit show 'Mad about you' (starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt.) and was nominated twice for an Emmy award. Cyndi later completed another two shows, including the final episode of the show. Talk of her own show has
since disappeared due to personnel changes in the NBC network. Incidently
Cyndi won an Emmy award for her second appearance in the aptly titled
episode 'Money changes everything'. (The title of a track on her massive
debut album in 1983. 'She's so unusual')
However it's surprising to me that she is no longer
to have her own sitcom as her acting talent was on display right from
the off.......
The video for Cyndis' debut single was more than just a pop video. A cast of characters were assembled to depict the life of a girl who just........., well you know what comes next, what results is a mini musical. The video opens with Cyndi's mother sitting at the dinner table wondering where her daughter is whilst Cyn is out dancing in the street. After first rowing with her mother and then wrestling with her father, the video turns into something resembling 'Grease' or 'Fame' . After doing the Conga
through the streets her ever growing group of friends end up back
at the house to dance the night away.
The movie theme continues
in the video for 'true colors' which opens with Cyndi watching an
old movie, then going on to depict a story of highs and lows within
a relationship and ends with a goodbye scene at a train station. I think this set the scene
for Cyndi's future appearances in front of the cameras. Having shown
a natural talent she was courted by many movie makers before finally
accepting her first movie project, 'Vibes'.
In 1988 Cyndi starred
alongside Jeff Goldblum, Julian Sands and the terrific Peter Falk
in Vibes a romantic comedy described as "A
psychic comedy that's out of it's mind." I honestly believe this
is a great film and contained all the ingredients for a hit, unfortunately
that wasn't to be.
In 1990 she starred
in Off and running, enough said...
The one good thing to come from this movie is that she met her husband-to-be
on the set. The new romance was sealed when he unexpectedly stole
a kiss whilst in a lift(elevator).
1999 Cyndi has recently filmed
a small role in a new film starring Christopher Walken called 'The opportunists'
The movie was released August 12th 2000 to rave reviews.
2000 Cyndi pens a song for the
movie Rugrats in Paris.
As I mentioned earlier Cyndi received
an Emmy award for her performance in 'Mad about you' I don't think her
acting has improved since the early days, sometimes all that's needed
is being in the right place with the right script. Cyndi is trying to
reach a new audience with the new film; 'The Opportunists' I initially
thought that this might not be her movie break but it has been received
rather well.
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