RSSJim Carrey and the Politics of Astigmatic Hypocrisy
Gene Lalor | November 11, 2009
Actor Jim Carrey is not unlike any number of his comrades and comradettes in Hollywood: He operates under the delusion that stardom confers wisdom and that wealth bestows insight.
And Carrey, like George Clooney and Sean Penn and Susan Sarandon, is flush with celebrity wisdom and insight when it comes to political observations. Even as he rakes in $20 million a picture, he sees fit to rip “personal greed and ambition” and the capitalistic system that made him a very rich man.
Such an outlandish display of astigmatic hypocrisy!
Canadian Carrey, stand-up-comic-turned-movie-star, has made it big time via the capitalist-world of Hollywood yet feels free to attack the very economic system that made his success possible.
Compounding his muddled thought processes, Carrey’s newest flick, Disney’s PC version and “Digital Dickens” production of A Christmas Carol, had a lackluster opening.
In a decidedly negative review of Carrey and his Scrooge, S.T. Karnick wrote of Carrey’s ”political flatulence.”
He quoted the actor: ”This story ties into everything we’re going through. Every construct we’ve built in American life is falling apart. Why? Because of personal greed and ambition. Capitalism without regulation can’t protect us against personal greed. . .” (http://bit.ly/1VqTEu)
Karnick added, “Carrey makes the latest film version [of Dickens’ classic] sound like a ham-fisted socialist diatribe, hardly a strategy for drawing middle American families in great numbers.”
It makes little difference, says Karnick, since he believes Carrey has overstayed his welcome and his career is dying. He should move on to serious acting like the “equally obnoxious, Robin Williams. . . it would be best to die with honor instead of ignominy.”
Honor or no, Carrey is proving himself both dumb and dumber when he bites the capitalist system that feeds him. To prove his sincerity, he could always do a Mother Theresa, relocate to India, dress in sackcloth and ashes, and share his millions with Calcuttans.
That isn’t likely.
This picture from Moonbattery.com is very reflective of the true Jim Carrey:
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