XPost: rec.arts.movies.current-films, rec.arts.animation   
   From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 17 Oct 2025 23:11:00 -0500, super70s   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2025-10-17 15:39:04 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 12:51:23 -0400, moviePig    
   >> wrote:   
   >>    
   >>> On 10/16/2025 11:31 AM, Paul S Person wrote:   
   >>    
   >>    
   >>    
   >>>> But Jim Carrey I have seen, in several films. While I can't say this   
   >>>> is always a good thing to do, several of his films were enjoyable. l   
   >>>> may even have one in my DVD collection, who can say?   
   >>>    
   >>> I can count on one hand the times a comedy has literally reduced me    
   >>> to>tears of laughter.  Carrey (ACE VENTURA) has one of them.   
   >>    
   >> Actually, in a related post, I checked and found at least 4 DVDs of   
   >> films he is in. Plus three others which I have seen, all but one of   
   >> which I found worth watching.   
   >   
   >I own 5 that didn't go in the "reject pile" -- The Truman Show, The Man    
   >on the Moon, The Majestic, The Number 23 and I Love You Phillip Morris.    
   >The only one I consider a straight up comedy is the last one.   
   >   
   >I always thought The Majestic would be better if it wasn't so damn long    
   >-- 152 min.   
   >   
   >> OTOH, he has 67 previous films on IMDb's list.   
   >   
   >Jesus, he is prolific. Or way overexposed depending on your POV.   
      
   Actors who have a well-known and liked screen persona tend to be used   
   again and again and again ... in the same persona.   
      
   Thus, during the Harry Potter era, Helena Bonham Carter did other   
   films using her "Bellatrix Lestrange" persona, in watered-down form.   
      
   And how many films did Anthony Hopkins do his "Hannibal Lector"   
   persona (modified as needed) in?   
      
   How many films did John Wayne play "the Duke" in -- and not all of   
   them Westerns?   
      
   Feel free to confirm this by citing other examples.    
      
   It is sometimes a film they do after this extreme typecasting has   
   started in which they /do not/ play the well-known character that they   
   sometimes win awards for: John Wayne got his Best Actor Oscar for   
   /True Grit/ by /not/ playing The Duke and so reminding everyone that,   
   yes, he really /could/ act and do a very good job of it. He was /not/   
   limited to just repeating "the Duke" ad infinitum.   
      
   >> I did see the Pet Detective series (well, at least the first and maybe   
   >> the African one) and I really did enjoy them.   
   --    
   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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