DU Women: Your thoughts on Zooey Deschanel

[Taverner]

Do you find her annoying? Dangerous? Stupid? Fun? Evil? Nice? Twee?

Wifey can't stand her, as well as many women she feels are like her. To her she is the embodiment of the boyfriend stealer.

Your thoughts?

[MrScorpio]

1. Interesting name

[Taverner]

2. She's cute too...

[MrCoffee]

3. What is "twee"?

[Taverner]

6. Either cute or too cute

1. twee

that is sweet, almost to the point of being sickeningly so. As a derogatory descriptive, it means something that is affectedly dainty or quaint, or is way too sentimental.

In American English it often refers to a type of simple sweet pop music, but in British English it is used much more widely for things that are nauseatingly cute or precious. It comes from the way the word sweet sounds when said in baby talk.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=twee

[Captain Hilts]

11. Sugary cute. Excessively so. It's English. nt

[Orrex]

4. She has an unseemly number of consecutive Os in her first name

[AllenVanAllen]

18. Maybe she's not into

the whole "brevity" thing.

[Taverner]

22. The top is nice, but that skirt - did she sew a bunch of different napkins together or something?

[jmowreader]

40. I can totally see some Katy Perry vibe in that picture...

Katy...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Wait, I'm sorry, what were you saying?

Too...busy....looking...at picture.......

[mvd]

17. LOL

As a male, I think she's gorgeous, has a great personality, excellent singer, etc. :-)

[skygazer]

7. I like her

I think she's cute and I've liked her in several things I've seen her in. I'm not sure what your wife means by "the embodiment of the boyfriend stealer..." You can't really steal that which doesn't want to be stolen, after all. Honestly, I've never understood the mentality of women who direct anger that should be focused on their cheating man to the woman the man cheated with.

[Taverner]

9. Hey - in a cheating situation there's PLENTY of anger to go around

[Lilith Velkor]

44. But whose boyfriend did she steal?

I don't even know who she is, so my only opinion of her is that she's hot. :shrug:

[Taverner]

46. In all truth, she's never stolen anyone's boyfriend that I'm aware of

And it sounds like she's just an up and coming indie artist.

But wifey considers her a "boyfriend stealer" :)

[Lilith Velkor]

50. Is it because she's hot?

I sincerely hope "wifey" is not one of those morans who confuse actors with the roles they play, so I'm going with a charitable interpretation here.

[Taverner]

51. Nah - this has all been just in jest

But her exact words were "she looks like the ultimate boyfriend stealer"

[tigereye]

15. +1

maybe they mean a woman who exudes sexuality - since obviously that's an enticement to all living men, which they have no control over.


:rofl: :sarcasm:

[ceile]

8. She's "meh"

She's kinda funny, but I think she takes herself a little too seriously.
Love her sister though.

[driver8]

10. I love her sister, too! "Bones" is one of my wife's and my favorite shows.

Emily is absolutely adorable, and I love her character.

[TommyO]

28. I was going to say the same thing, I'm much more amenable to Emily

[redqueen]

47. Yes, I like Emily too.

Agree with the poster downthread who said that Zooey's voice is annoying. And with what they said about the concept of 'man stealers' as well. Makes no sense.

[MilesColtrane]

12. She's cute and she's got a pretty decent singing voice, but...

I've always had this feeling about her that she's...well, there's no nice way to put it, dumb.

[AngryAmish]

13. P.I.T.A. on Top Chef

[RainDog]

14. zooey or the characters she plays?

I like her work with M. Ward. She has a nice voice for the genre.

I LOVED her character on Weeds. I think she's a really funny actor - and the character was so great - she was talking trash to a 12 y/o about her b.f. lol.

but I don't assume that's who she is.

didn't see her in the rom/com thing cause I never watch them b/c I have no sense of humor.

maybe your s.o. doesn't like her b/c you do. :)

[wickerwoman]

23. Yeah, I wish they'd bring her back on Weeds.

She was the best thing about season 1.

She was very good in "Tin Man" too playing Dorothy.

I can think of dozens of actresses more hate-worthy... put Zooey next to Lindsay Lohan and she comes off pretty damn good.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

16. She's very pretty --

a moderate acting talent, and her singing in the Cottom commercials makes my ears bleed. She makes Madonna sound like Beverly Sills in comparrison. :scared:

[GCP]

19. I think she has a lot of character

She's not the usual vapid airhead.

[Kerrytravelers]

20. I think she's cute, and I loved her in Hitchhiker's Guide.

Mr. kt thinks she's easy on the eyes, too.

[GreenPartyVoter]

24. I think she's cute too

[Hello_Kitty]

21. Manic Pixie Dream Girl. eom

[Shell Beau]

25. She's got beautiful eyes. Other than that, I don't know much about her.

Why a boyfriend stealer?

[Skittles]

26. offbeat cute and a fairly decent actress

[Kerrytravelers]

27. *sigh* My guy pal would like to know where that pic in the OP came from.

Please, tell me so I can relay the info. I'm tired of hearing how beautiful her "eyes" are in that photo. *rolling my eyes and chuckling because his sudden fascination is pathetic*

[femmocrat]

29. Never heard of her, so I have no opinion. n/t

[Kat45]

30. Not familiar with her.

If I've seen her in anything, I'm not aware of it. :shrug:

[proteus_lives]

31. Cute and talented.

Wonderful eyes.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

32. she is the embodiment of the boyfriend stealer....

I thought Angelina held that title.

[RandomThoughts]

33. She looks sorta like Zoe Greystone from Caprica.

http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Simon+G+Jewelry+Spring+Bling+Benefit+Lili+q167yWZyG5Hl.jpg


Sorta looks like the girl that played Dorthy in the Oz remake Tin Man also.

....

Ha ha, just googled Tin man, that is the actress that played Dorthy, she was great in that role.

So without the same perspective of the question, I liked her performance in Tin Man.

Tin Man Trailer
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/830673/tin_man_trailer/

[blogslut]

34. I love her

Got a girl crush on her. I dig her dead-pan delivery and she's got a great singing voice.

I dig her sister as well.

[unpossibles]

35. um

[distantearlywarning]

36. She's kind of weird.

Also, I really don't care for her voice.

I'm also with the person up-thread who doesn't understand why women always solely blame other women for acts that take two willing people to commit, as if men are just brainless sex zombies available for the taking by any determined "man-stealer". :shrug:

[NewJeffCT]

38. I agree that it takes two

I'm not quite brainless...

[dawg]

42. but my wife treats me that way ...

She's way more jealous of me around women she perceives to be "bad girls" than she is with women who are nice. To me, that was always backwards. I was never going to cause her trouble anyway, but it would have been more likely with someone I could respect than with some tramp.

[Taverner]

49. Thing is my wife knows my "type"

Strangely enough, its not Zooey, its someone more akin to Cheryl Burke - at least a size 8, size 10 preferred

[Taverner]

48. Why do women blame other women for cheating?

Good question - I think this deserves its own thread.

Granted, every woman I've known wanted both he boyfriend and the girl six feet under...but I wonder if some women think the woman who sleeps with the boyfriend as "breaking the code" or some such thing

[NewJeffCT]

37. She's cute, but what qualifies her as a "boyfriend stealer"?

personality? voice? did she pull an angelina jolie on her current b/f?

[lunatica]

39. I think she's trying to create a niche

I wish her all the luck in trying to create something a little different from the run of the mill. I admire that in creative people.

[blueamy66]

41. I just saw her on Top Chef Masters

and cannot, for the life of me, figure out who she is.

I must Google.

[KG]

43. what? I can't hear you over the awesomeness of that cleavage.

[Crystal Clarity]

45. Very Pretty nt

[Lorien]

52. I find her grating. I have a friend who looks very much like her, but is far funnier

more talented and creative. Maybe it's just because it's hard not to make the comparison and Zooey comes up short.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

53. I know you're not asking me but;

DROOL :)