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| James Lloyd: Portrait of Dame Maggie Smith |
Critic: Not quite how we see
her in screen roles. But an honest portrayal?
Portraitist: Lloyd did a
good job. He said he struggled with the face.
Critic: As well he might.
Maggie Smith has a famous gaze. Glaring, she challenges. Unblinking she devastates.
Portraitist: I think what
she does with her mouth is equally important. She smiles wryly in irony, purses
her lips in disapproval, and squeezes her lips shut in repressing criticism.
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Voice-over
There are about 40 muscles
in the human face. We use them to project emotions such as happiness, sadness, surprise, dislike, fear, and anger. Part
of Maggie Smith’s talent lies in her control of those eye muscles and lip
muscles. The difficulty for a portrait artist is to capture one expression to
suggest the sitter’s whole expressive repertoire.
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