"Hollywood Comedy King" Kim Carey, starred in a number of well-received comedy movies in the 1990s and was deeply loved by movie fans. But he was not satisfied with the status quo, and did not want to be stereotyped by the audience. So he tried a different style from the past at the turn of the century. He successively broke through with "Trumen's World", "Man on the Moon", and "Movie Life". The audience's stereotype of him.
One of the most powerful is the biographical film "The Man on the Moon" directed by Milos Foreman, because in this film, Kim Carey plays Andy Kaufman.
Andy Kaufman is a famous comedian in the 1970s, born in a middle-class family in New York, USA. His father worked in magazines, his mother was a housewife, and his younger brother and sister accompanied him through his childhood. As a child, Andy looked different, often performing to an imaginary audience. After that, he was "different" for a lifetime.
In the movie, Andy Kaufman was originally an unknown actor who performed in various nightclubs. However, his humorous style is very unique and not very popular, and he is often fired for failing to win the audience's laughter.
In a performance, George Shapiro, a well-known agent in the industry, saw the potential of Andy. Afterwards, the two had a conversation in the restaurant. Andy Kaufman said that he wanted to be the most popular star in the world. Shapiro couldn't laugh or cry: You are a madman, but maybe a genius.
In that conversation, Andy claimed that he was not a comedian, but a song and dance actor, because he did not want to win the audience's laughter through "burden" and "story", because he thought that kind of laughter was "cheap" . And what he wants is the most real and strong feelings of the audience, whether he likes it or hates it. This is why he has always hated sitcoms.
When Shapiro gave him a chance to star in a prime sitcom. He reluctantly accepted it, but he offered Shapiro a condition: "The "Taxi" series must guarantee two guest appearances by Tony Clifton."
With the question of "Who is Tony Clifton", Shapiro watched Tony's performance for the first time. He found that Tony was a bastard, with a very sloppy appearance and a very vulgar language. Like to make jokes on the audience, even pouring water on the head of a "Polish" audience, all audiences, including Shapiro, were shocked or disgusted.
After the performance, Shapiro learned that this Tony was actually Andy dressed up in disguise, and the Polish audience was also Bob's friend of Andy.
This "Tony" was not created by Andy to vent, let alone because of schizophrenia. Andy created this character because he understood that the audience watched comedy to get rid of the troubles in life, so he created this worry-free, trouble-free person, Tony Clifton.
However, this was just the beginning of Andy’s countless pranks. After that, he openly provoked women and had disputes with professional wrestlers. His neck was "broken" and caused a sensation again and again. In the end, the audience realized that this was just a prank, and the wrestler was his. My friend, the illusion of a neck injury is just a yoga technique.
Over time, people can no longer distinguish between true and false. So when he was diagnosed with cancer, everyone thought that this was just another "joke" of Andy.
He fulfilled his lifelong wish at Carnegie Hall, and since then, his condition has continued to deteriorate. He tried various treatments, and finally put all his hopes of life on the "magic doctor" in the Philippines. It is said that he put his hand on the patient and can remove the root of the disease without surgery.
Arriving in the Philippines, there was a long line in the "operating room", and when Andy finally came to his turn, he found that the operation was just a blind trick. Finally, he was also deceived.
He smiled
After Andy's death, his behavior has gradually been accepted and recognized by the world. At the end of the movie is the performance of Andy's imitators. He became famous for imitating Elvis and was eventually imitated by others, and he succeeded.
Kim Carey won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in this movie. Why can he play Andy so well? Because they have a lot in common, Kim Carey tried different styles, just as Andy read the entire book "The Great Gatsby" in college. The real Andy brought humor to the audience during the performance, but the audience never laughed; Kim Carrey brought us joy in the movie, but he was depressed for a long time in life.
I hope that Kim Carey will take off the "Uncrowned King" hat as soon as possible and get his own little golden man.
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