tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21723978.post2080774014520255505..comments2023-04-17T03:56:33.698-04:00Comments on Novel Eye: One more and then I must stopAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07199981339240227463noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21723978.post-45431215890705296632007-06-28T21:53:00.000-04:002007-06-28T21:53:00.000-04:00That thing about attraction is the killer. I crave...That thing about attraction is the killer. I craved "raw honesty" for a long time, back in about 1998-2002, but I was also constantly dancing around people with antisocial tendencies, and negotiating the appropriateness of dating someone much younger, someone who was in the midst of a divorce, someone who has made a life of lying to herself and others. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes it's far more noble (maybe?) to shoulder the burden of your own guilt, rather than purge with a confession and get the catharsis, yet offload that "truth" to the person you've wronged. I dunno. I'm still trying to work through that one. I have been for about a decade.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624271114891098929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21723978.post-41092475952245995402007-06-25T14:32:00.000-04:002007-06-25T14:32:00.000-04:00I love Liar Liar. Actually the Esquire article re...I love Liar Liar. Actually the Esquire article references the film. Of course, I think Carrey is an underrated actor--that he can play straight and play it well, and I like him crazy in this. The director is the same as Bruce Almighty and Evan Almighty. Have you watched the outtakes? Basically they just let Carrey try 3 or 4 or 5 absurd things and keep rolling. The versions not used on the elevator scene are priceless. Likewise, you get Swoozy Kurtz calling Carrey "Over Actor" (actually I think those are in the credits, now that I think about it.) Anyway, my favorite moment is with the secretary when he blurts out things to this woman whom he obviously likes AND needs like the fact he could have given her a raise and didn't and would have gotten the criminal in her friends suit more money.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199981339240227463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21723978.post-2024019260406658842007-06-25T10:43:00.000-04:002007-06-25T10:43:00.000-04:00I always thought that the Jim Carrey film, Liar, L...I always thought that the Jim Carrey film, Liar, Liar, was brilliant in its concept.<BR/><BR/>In that examination of how life would be if we couldn't lie at all, the protaganist can't even make it through his walk into the office without becoming beat up ostracized and in danger of losing his job. <BR/><BR/>The comedy veers a little too much in the direction of Carrey's broad performance, and sometimes loses its way by concentrating too much on nastiness rather than the truth. <BR/><BR/>For my money, the best gags are when the truth just slips out when he probably meant to say something else:<BR/><BR/>In one scene, Carrey gets on the elevator with an attractive, buxom woman.<BR/><BR/>Carrey: New in the building?<BR/><BR/>Woman: Yeah. Everybody's been real real nice.<BR/><BR/>Carrey (nice and casual): Well, that's because youre boobs are big.<BR/><BR/>Then, as he tries frantically to cover up his faux pas, he keeps making it worse as the truth keeps coming out.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845394320537913576noreply@blogger.com