Jim Carrey

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This paper discusses the career of Jim Carrey, one of the highest profile actors in Hollywood and how he has been able to establish his powerful status in an industry where one has to defend his position against constant challenges and competitions. It analyzes how the main factor that has enabled him to achieve his accomplishments has been his unique ability to succeed in comedy films, especially physical comedy. It evaluates how Carrey's method of putting his rather extremely physical brand of humor into work made him a star in his first film appearance "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective". It analyzes some of his featured films to explain how he has been able to satisfy the very core value of comedy films, in short what makes his films funny and why.

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"Ever since his successful film debut, Carrey's name has been an epitome of Hollywood modern physical comedy. Nevertheless, it needs to be noted that there was another great figure of physical comedy before Jim Carrey; his name was Jerry Lewis. Jerry Lewis had been Hollywood's golden comedian who could generate laugh with use of his body and, without doubt, his unique capability to dominate the industry was tremendously successful. After Lewis' era Hollywood seemed to lack that figure who can carry on the field that Lewis had left behind; it had been looking for someone who is willing to and able to brighten up the future of physical comedy industry. Hollywood's call was answered when Jim Carrey was discovered; a Canadian actor who somewhat resembles Jerry Lewis with his goofiness and manic energy that he brings onto the film. In Personality Comedians as Genre by Wes D. Gehring, Carrey is described as Lewis' protege who is believed to be another great example of modern physical comedian."

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