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LaMonica Curator's avatar

I kept finding myself saying, “wow”. “Wow”. “Oh wow!”

I love the clip of his first Carson appearance. What he does with his face is incredible. He does this Elvis impression which is almost painful in how by twisting he gets into his character. At first you are not sure it’s going to all work out!

My favorite Batman movie of all is this one with Val Kilmer and Nicole Kidman as Chase Meridian. Carrey is super fluid and basically like he just stepped out of a comic book. One can see he studied Frank Gorshen closely. I watched enough of the original series to have those moves by heart and Jim got every nuance. He is a master.

Eternal Sunshine is one of my favorite all time movies. It is the most empathetic character he has played, though he has many. I adore the chemistry he generates with Winslet. It is also a movie I became a believer in her, because I do have this very strict rejection of anything Cameron-Titanic related.

The art! The color work I love. I do think his satire is 100% ON, as you mention. He has a deep attention to nuance and I can see why his work is collected.

Super fun piece. Thank you for reposting it!

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Rogue Art Historian's avatar

I did watch In Living Color, which was practically a ritual at home and I LOVED Number 23 but haven't seen anything else. Once I started college, I really didn't have time for TV or films except for a few here and there. I have about 30 years worth of catching up to do!

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LaMonica Curator's avatar

Well it is a good time to view and collect the ones which stay with you as DVD and hard copies, like collecting LPs and books. Movies with meaning may start disappearing or be edited to nullify them sooner than we think. Candid work like Carrey’s will be the first to go.

It’ll be like watching dubbed censored movies where the lips move but what comes out of their mouths is like “Leave it to Beaver”…

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