• bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    20 天前

    Honestly, Yes Man.

    I knew nothing about it when I went to watch it, and I sat down expecting to just see another Jim Carrey comedy flick, which it delivered on.

    But the underlying story about breaking out of repression and what it means to go to positive extremes to correct previous negative extremes and finding balance.

    It’s a very subtle thread in the movie but it is consistently touched on and taught throughout the entire movie while Jim Carrey yells and screams over the top of it in a comedic fashion.

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        20 天前

        I came here to recommend the book and saw you had beat me to it.

        Written by a British comedian/writer called Danny Wallace and the premise is he says yes to every suggestion put to him in a year to get him out of his rut and to see if it brings changes to his life.

        I can’t recommend it enough, in fact, I think I’ll read it again soon.

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          20 天前

          Yes love the movie watch a lot. So tracked down the book and found it just as hilarious. A great read and love having it in my collection.