The voice actress acted the hell out of crazy Azula (possibly one of the best voice performances in the show, IMO) but the differences in male/female insanity and handling of power are the one major strike against the show for me. (Even I admit that I'm somewhat petty when I comes to Jet. I just don't like him and find him a boring cliche.) Also, the Ba Sing Se convo you mentioned may have been in my post, not cofeeandink's.
Re: Long comment, sorry.