Jim Kelly Gag's Highest Achievement

Aracely 2022-04-19 09:01:19

The film still starts from a little guy who has no self and is resigned to his own way. The line "nice guy finishes last" gives a perfect comment. After he obtained the strange ability of the mask, the first thing he thought about was to vent his usually suppressed emotions. This process is really interesting, tossing his usual dissatisfied renters, honking horns, street gangsters, car repair shops, and dancing with beautiful women. , imitate the animations I usually watch... But in the end, this ability finally found its ultimate purpose, and it became a beauty: if you are a bit depressed and hopeless romantic, you become sort of a love crazy wild man.

This movie should be a gag by Jim Kelly His highest achievement, mythology plus song and dance suits his exaggerated style best, probably because the source of this mask turned out to be Loki - the norse god of mischief in Norse mythology. There are several memorable moments in the film: freeze! Puppies wear masks; the common unreliable beauty in movies has turned into ugly unreliable women, and the common bad guy who died of too much nonsense turned into a last kiss and died...

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The Mask quotes

  • The Mask: Je t'adore. Je t'window. I don't care!

  • Stanley Ipkiss: [explaining how The Mask works] It's like it brings your innermost desires to life. If deep down you're a little repressed, and a hopeless romantic, you become some kind of love-crazy wild man.

    Tina Carlyle: And if you're someone like Dorian?

    Stanley Ipkiss: Then we're all in big trouble. And if I were you, I'd get out of town, fast.