John Travolta was born February 18, 1954. He became a house hold name in 1975 for playing Vinnie Barbarino in Welcome Back, Kotter on TV, complete with over-the-top catch phrases (Up your nose with a rubber hose!) and teen idol hair. A seemingly inauspicious start, but in 1977 he was nominated for an Oscar for his roll in Saturday Night Fever. By the 80s, he was a has-been of embarrassing proportions. Then in 1994, he had the monster of all comebacks when Quentin Tarantino cast him in Pulp Fiction, earning him a second Oscar nod. By all accounts he is still doing okay.
John Travolta is a good actor. I know this, because I don't really like him. I never want to see anything he is in. But, when I do, I always end up forgetting that he is him, which I suspect is the point of acting. (This is in marked contrast to Tom Cruise, whom I also do not like, but I never forget he is him.)
Happy Birthday Mr. Travolta!
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Heaven help me, I just said the same thing to Andrew this morning about Tom Cruise!
ReplyDeleteThat is what I love about Theme Thursday : one thing leading to another and to another. You always discover such interesting stuff. Happy TT.
ReplyDeleteVinnie Barbarino - blast from the past. The last time I saw "Saturday Night Fever" the dancing was comedic! Boy, it sure was hot in it's day.
ReplyDeleteYes I think you are correct. But he is not of the first water. Not a patch on Julia Roberts.
ReplyDeletehappy birthday...actually i have enjoyed some of his more diminished parts of late...i like him as a bad guy...
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Mr. Travolta!!!
ReplyDeleteI loved Saturday Night Fever...the music...the dancing! I was going to do my post on the mirror ball, but changed at the last minute. Great minds think alike : )
ReplyDelete"he was a hasbeen of embarrasing proportions." Is that a direct quote from his agency? Ha ha.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday this month and Happy TT!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun take on the theme! And you get to share your birthday month with some fun people! :)
ReplyDeleteHah. Travolta seems to be having some trouble disappearing into his roles these days, don't you think?
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm with you on Cruise... his ego won't let him fade into a role like he used to be able to.
Ah, well. I'm sure neither cares what I think as they fly by in their private planes.
HAH!
Haha, i should have known he was pisces. Travolta has an irresistable smile :)
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