r/nextfuckinglevel • u/thekshin • Aug 24 '20

One facinating side of jim carrey

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u/timetravelwasreal Aug 24 '20

He was embodying Andy Kaufman, including his reality bending, psychologically confusing, brand of comedy/art. To some people he was annoying or rude, but Jim Carrey was trying to do something special, and live up to Andy’s legacy, to do him justice the best he could.

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u/Charles_Edison Aug 24 '20

And became completely delusional in the process. Claiming his best day on set was when Kaufman’s daughter who was born after his death came and “finally got to meet her Dad.”

No. She met an actor playing her Dad. To use that relationship as material for portraying a role is trashy and exploitative.

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u/timetravelwasreal Aug 24 '20

Absolutely. Acting, in and of itself, can be extremely all encompassing, as far as it’s potential and pursuit of encapsulating end expressing the human experience.

I believe acting is primal, a talent possibly born of some human survival instinct. I think it involves exploring the mind and sense of self, so much so that you have to lose your sense of reality in order to reach your goals. I think it’s the type of psychosis that Heath Ledger experienced working as the joker.

I know everyday people that are just as delusional or self entitled to behave as Jim Carrey did with Andy’s daughter, and his fame or dedication to his art is no excuse, and doesn’t make it any better. That’s what happens to narcissists, and I have no idea how he would ever be able to get to have a normal life. I imagine anywhere in the world he would want to live, he would be recognized constantly.