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It’s an Appreciation of Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth, What Could It Contain, 13 Best Moments?
Good for her. Photo: Courtesy of Netflix Nearly every line Jessica Walter said as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development sticks in your memory. Because the show itself has been so endlessly rewatched and analyzed , sure, but also because of her legendary delivery. Walter, who died yesterday at 80 , could uncover, underline, or otherwise elaborate on the laugh in pretty much any dialogue she was given as the commanding, conniving, and yet often oblivious matriarch of the Bluth family. Lucille was always drinking and scheming, and reiterating that she loved all her children equally, (well, with the exception of Gob.) Any roundup would be incomplete, but in memory of her work on the show, it’s only right to reflect on 13 of the moments she sold so well they became the stuff of Orange County WASP queen legend. “Good for Her.” The platonic ideal of a Lucille-ism comes in a flashback. She’s off her post-partum medication, watching a news report about a young mother letting her car slide into a lake, while a young Buster drums next to her, and of course, she’s carefully unwrapping a cupcake. The cupcake, the crossed legs, the slight lean to one side – an indelible representation of casually endorsing something terrible. “It’s one banana, Michael, what could it cost, 10 dollars?” Lucille lashes out at Michael for making his brother pay for a banana, while assuming that one frozen banana costs you a cool 10 bucks. Walter sells the line with a slight shrug, her hands perched around a teacup, her mouth curled down just a bit, as if in disdain toward the very fact that she has to consider everyday finances. No wonder it’s so useful at capturing the perspective of America’s politicians . “I don’t care for Gob.” Lucille insists that she loves all her children equally. She also makes it very clear that she does not appreciate Gob. The line comes in a cutaway, but Walter conveys the idea that Lucille may have just said it out of the blue, while … [Read more...] about It’s an Appreciation of Jessica Walter as Lucille Bluth, What Could It Contain, 13 Best Moments?