This may be the most underrated work of Jim Carrey’s career and even all comedy movies since the 1990s.
So far, many fans see Jim Carrey in the crazy look of the "Detective Plane." It’s no wonder that as a debut work, the image of Ace Ventura was a blockbuster for the entire comedy world at the time. Almost no one has ever thought that comedy can be performed like this (of course, this is the same as director Tom Hadiak’s comedy. Talent can't get rid of the relationship). The inconsistency of body language and facial expressions have broken traditional cognition from all levels. As mentioned earlier, Jim Carrey’s early works are indeed sensitive to the influence of the times. The anti-intellectual character image is perfectly matched with his performance style, but it must be taken into account that Carrey has been in the TV circle for many years. , Not so much a blockbuster, as a matter of course.
Although he missed a single move during the transition period many years later, Jim Carrey is very sensitive to comedy and even movies. After becoming famous in the First World War in 1994, he continued to attack the city in "Dumb and Agua" and "Ghost in Disguise". The following year, he played "Detective Plane 2", and then replaced Robin Williams in the blockbuster comics at the time. Change "Batman Forever".
The next year was this "Cable TV Repairman."
Frankly Speaking, who has counted the representative roles of Jim Carrey, has never seen a simple or even stupid comedy image since the Riddler. Only 2 years after his fame, he has already begun to seek new changes and seek breakthroughs in convergence. Skip this "Cable TV Repairman", the characters in "The Big Story", post-911 era "Fake God", "Mr. Good", and "Mr. Pope's Penguin" are all made up of personal characteristics and conventions. result. Here we are not going to discuss the challenges and heights he intends to achieve in literary films (in fact, all his literary works have obvious personal expressions). From the perspective of comedy alone, what we see should not be Personal compromise, but an excellent actor who has gradually grown up in the changing times.
On the other hand, McMills and Will Ferrell have not yet asked to sell stupid comedy images. Anyway, since Adam Sandler embarked on the road of romantic comedy, he stopped turning into a mentally handicapped.
The biggest achievement of "Fake God" in 2003 was the discovery of the next generation of comedy champion Steve Carell; "Mr. Good" in 2008 made many people notice Bradley Cooper for the first time. ; And the 1996 "Cable TV Repairman" directly contributed to the birth of the R-class "Bad Boy Gang" dynasty that has been calling for rain for more than a decade.
Being beaten down by his own discovery, Jim Carrey won't be the first, and won't be the last.
But there is no one who can be called the king of comedy, and who can play his role.
And all these efforts started from here only two years after becoming famous.
Leaving aside the factor of Jim Carrey, "Cable TV Repairman" itself can be regarded as the earliest work of the gangster. Whether it was many people in front of the stage and behind the scenes, they were all comedians that we were familiar with later: Judd Apto, Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, David Cross, Leslie Mann. In fact, almost every actor who participated in the "Ben Stiller Show" appeared in the film.
By the way, there is also a representative of the declining little Hollywood man who resembles Jon Claire (Have you seen 2.5men?): Matthew Broderick.
It's easy to find that Jim Carrey's role is not set for him. In fact, if we take out Jim Carrey and replace it with Ben Stiller (or even some more obscure Chris Farley from SNL), the atmosphere and expressiveness of the whole movie will be the same as that of the current bad boy gang comedy. One fight, which is, is a popular commodity with few bright spots.
So how did Jim Carrey, who took away the record-breaking 20 million remuneration, have on this movie?
That is to bring ordinary satire sketches into the category of crazy noir films.
The cabal guy played by Jim Carrey (yes, the real name of the character has never been revealed) is probably the most unique stalker stalker. The elements of humor and comedy that the audience should have experienced in the film have permeated the crazy temperament of Jim Carrey from beginning to end. And this kind of madness makes the film shift from the face of comedy to the scope of horror. The dark atmosphere he brings is something other creators have never expected.
And this result is obviously not everyone's favorite.
The most intuitive reaction is at the box office. The audience walked in with the idea of a comedy, not only scratching their heads when they came out, but also in cold sweats. What the hell is this? The participation of many elements makes it difficult for the audience and even the critics to make an expected psychological positioning: Is this a comedy or a stalker thriller?
Well, "Cable TV Repairman" is obviously not the kind of "love at first sight" movie. But it is undeniable that some of the comedy passages have become classics: the chaotic war in the medieval restaurant, the driven-crazy karaoke, and the three-stage drama of the word guessing game with a high degree of shame. They are just as impressive as diamonds. .
The essence of "Cable TV Repairman" does not lie in this.
The big net that Ben Stiller has laid in this probably the most outstanding film of his director's work has just begun.
The acting skills that Jim Carrey showed in Cable Guy is probably the most exciting before in "The World of Trumen". If any comedian appeared in the image of this stalker, he could not get rid of the established pattern of stinging and offensive. Only Jim Carrey did it.
He gave the role of cable guy a sadistic, extreme, compulsive and even double-sided anti-social personality.
He is so nice, but he is so sick, but he is so nice......
And this way of deduction makes Jim Carrey's performance in the film more ambitious than any work.
This also makes the tragic atmosphere behind the role particularly strong.
The cable guy is the middle member of a group of people who are completely raised by television. His knowledge of the world comes to a large extent from the television media. And how did this affect him? Hun is very agile, knows a lot, and knows how to deal with the world. The only thing missing is a sincere friend.
Taught him how to be a man, but didn't teach him how to be himself.
Just as the film’s large-scale coverage of the murder of the twins played by Ben Stiller, the media’s intention is not to indoctrinate, but to entertain. Even during the trial, film and television adaptations of the ridiculous case have been produced.
Hidden behind the screen is the lack of the audience's hearts.
This point can be said to be the same as the "Trumen's World" two years later. In "The World of Truman", he plays the role of an insider on the TV; in "Cable TV Repairman", he is an outsider outside the corridor.
And the irony of the two on television and the entire entertainment industry can be said to be in the same line.
A repairman who installs TV cables for his home, but no one wants to know his name. Only when there is a problem with the TV signal, and when I want to watch it at the toll booth, I will remember to contact this person actively. In addition, people don’t need him, no communication from strangers, only TV and TV programs. The product of technology makes people no longer need the sensory satisfaction brought by the body, so communication and thinking are extinguished. The wreck left is the loneliness and desolation of the cable guy.
So far, TV has become an extension of human organs.
Outside of TV, it doesn't matter. What is not needed is not true.
This is the Achilles' heel of the entertainment age.
The so-called stalker is also a self-fulfilling evil result of the creation and abnormality of this matter.
"I can be your best friend or your worst enemy."
Until the end of the film, the cable guy committed suicide and jumped off the antenna tower, preventing everyone from watching the "critical" but irrelevant ruling paragraph. In an instant, the screen turned into a snowflake. The dumbfounded look, the suspicion and despair of tapping on TV, and finally, the joy when I opened the book, changed the story of the whole movie from a simple "Dragon and Dragon Fight" to a bitterly implied record.
And the cable guy, in the brilliance of introspection, got a second chance of redemption.
As a typical TV generation, cable guy’s understanding of the future can be described as scalpel-like precision: one day, the Internet, telephone and TV will enter thousands of households through cables, and we can even be together with people from all over the world. Playing games on the Internet...
and today, 20 years later, this is no longer imagined.
Isn’t the cable guy 20 years ago just like the delivery guy today?
And the audience 20 years later, just changed the screen and continued to stare.
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