XPost: rec.arts.animation, rec.arts.movies.current-films   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-10-18 15:54:26 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   > 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?   
      
   In some cases it's becuase the person simply cannot actually act, so is   
   always the same in everything they do. Jeffrey Combs is an "actor" who   
   has played quite a few different characters in various the Star Trek   
   shows, but no matter what bits of rubber the costume department stick   
   on his face, he always "acts" the exactly the same and you can tell it   
   is him immediately.   
      
      
      
   > 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.   
      
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