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| | Fametracker :: 2 Stars 1 Slot :: Battle of the Statuesque Soliloquists :: Allison Janney vs. Christine Lahti |
 | | Lahti and Janney are both currently enjoying considerable success playing brittle, crotchety TV spinsters -- Janney in her multiple-Emmy-winning role as C.J. Cregg on The West Wing, and Lahti as single mother/History prof Grace McCallister on the critically beloved new WB series Jack & Bobby. |
 | | The good news for Janney and Lahti is that while tall ball-breakers seldom flourish in film, our tolerance for seeing the obnoxious on TV is much higher (hence...reality TV), and so they get the opportunity to break our balls every week, in the privacy and comfort of our own homes. |
 | | And if you note many similarities between the tall, sassy, mouthy, auburn-haired, fortysomething characters, it may be due to the fact that both series were co-created by Tommy Schlamme, who also happens to be Lahti's husband. |
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