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Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2015-06-15): In terms of casting choices, when you think of a movie with such a serious and satirical content, Jim Carrey is not the first actor that comes to mind. Not to say that he isn’t a talented performer, but at the time, his resumé featured the more low-brow films like Ace Ventura, Dumb and Dumber, Earth Girls are Easy, Batman Forever, The Mask, and so forth. Even in the not-too-acclaimed movie The Cable Guy, he was still up to his usual antics with his exaggerated facial expressions (often referred to as ‘rubber face’), his wacky line-delivery, and his downright buffoonish persona. This may’ve appealed to some niche category of audience, but it wasn’t enough to win over the critics and earn him the title of ‘serious actor’. He was still thought of as the SNL guy who could make you laugh every once in a while. But then, The Truman Show came along and changed everything for Carrey. [...] But none of these performances would have meant anything without the stellar direction of Peter Weir, the man who brought us Dead Poets Society. His attention to the carefully quilted details is uncanny. Displace one element, and there would be diminishment in this ‘world within a world’. And to think, there was talk that Tim Burton was going to direct this feature. [...] RATING: Giving this a PG for Positively Groudbreaking!
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-05-06): Accompanied by his teenaged grandson/secretary Temple (Noah Jupe), the wily old Franklin gets to work seducing French society, determined to secure money, arms and men for the American cause. Meanwhile British agents are bent on undermining those efforts.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2014-06-26): He’s one of my favourite actors of all time. I hold both Ace Ventura and Dumb and Dumber very close to my heart and I’m often overheard quoting both movies on a daily basis. Jim Carrey will always be that crazy pet detective with the outlandish shirts and the ridiculous quiff haircut but there’s so much more to him than funny faces and easy-to-quote punchlines. We got our first signs of Carrey’s ambition way back in 1998 when he starred as Truman Burbank, a pleasant, everyday man ignorant to the fact that his whole life had been one fat lie, playing out for millions of addicted viewers as a unknowing reality TV star. The script was tight, quirky and most importantly it was different. The Truman Show was hailed for it’s foreboding prediction in the way we watch television. Big Brother debuted a year later and reality TV took over our lives.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2014-11-15): I’m not one for physical, or gross out comedy. It’s not that I don’t appreciate the art, it’s just not what makes me laugh. However, with that said, the original Dumb and Dumber is one of my top five comedies of all time. While it plays into many conventions that annoy me in a great deal of other comedies, there’s such an irresistible charm to it, and Carrey and Daniels are quite simply pure magic in their committed and inventive performances. As such, I went into ‘Dumb and Dumber To’ with excitement, but a palpable sense of apprehension. I really wasn’t confident that the same appeal would carry over after so many years, especially after the fairly lackluster trailers.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2020-04-28): Then you come across the main villains in here in Tommy Lee Jones as Harvey Dent/ Two-Face and Jim Carrey as Edward Nygma/ The Riddler, and they aren’t good in any part of Batman Forever. Let’s start with Jones’ performance as Two-Face because he was very distracting in every scene he’s in when he was such a cartoon level of fake, ruining what made Two-Face a great villain from the comics or animated cartoon. Where was Billy Dee Williams in all of this? I hated his performance, which is what I’m trying to say. And Carrey was at the height of his career when this came to theaters as he had three comedy hits the previous year (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber). The idea of him playing a villain, let alone The Riddler sounded too good to be true. What we got was a terrible performance that just let Carrey be over-the-top, which wasn’t a good thing. It was like both of their motivations were just to be manically crazy, for no rhyme or reason. What’s more interesting is that while filming, supposedly, Jones hated working with Carrey on-set with him stating this to him, "I hate you. I really don’t like you … I cannot sanction your buffoonery."
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2022-10-11): What did he say? He thought you were nuts. Right. [...] And tell me about the experience of Dumb and Dumber. Dumb. And dumber two. Bringing back the original classic to life was just incredible. It was ironic because I was just having a child at that point. So I had to leave quickly from Atlanta halfway through the movie because my daughter was being born.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2022-09-12): It's the late afternoon on a Monday. I'm 4 years old, sitting crisscross applesauce on the floor of my parent's apartment. The carpet is shaggy, ugly and brown. I have a cherubic face and bowl haircut - you know, like the one Jim Carrey has in the film "Dumb And Dumber." In front of me is a TV with an antenna and dial. It's the late 1980s. And on the screen is my daily companion, "Sesame Street." [...] DAVIS: While there were conservative voices saying that the show was trying to sell something that they didn't necessarily want their children to buy, voices on the left were saying, you folks aren't going far enough. [...] CARRARA-RUDOLPH: (As Abby Cadabby) Well, my friend, Big Bird, he was bullied by some other birds because of his yellow feathers.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2020-05-27): Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he’s an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege – but he’s also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even… getting fat? He’s tried diets, gurus, and cuddling with his military-grade Israeli guard dogs, but nothing seems to lift the cloud of emptiness and ennui. Even the sage advice of his best friend, actor and dinosaur skull collector Nicolas Cage, isn’t enough to pull Carrey out of his slump. [...] I grew up watching and loving Jim Carrey’s movies — The Mask, Ace Ventura, and Dumb and Dumber, in particular, I found hilarious when I was a teenager. Combined with my general interest in Hollywood, I’ve found Carrey’s career to be pretty interesting. When I heard that he was writing a sort-of-novelized-memoir, I was certainly intrigued. I was lucky enough to get a DRC, and I’m happy to say that it is an interesting and rewarding read. It is, however, rather strange — perhaps predictably. [...] The novel is filled with interesting observations, great turns of phrase, and a little bit of insight into one of the most famous actors of the past few decades. It is nowhere near as revealing as I’m sure many people will hope or want, but there is plenty in here to help provide a gauzy picture of Carrey and how he sees his work, life, society, and city.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2015-07-24): Recently someone turned me onto this BBC guy Graham Norton (the graham norton show) because of an episode with Jim Carrey talking about Dumb and Dumber to, actor Jude Law starring in adventure thriller Black Sea, and actress Tamsin Greig, on stage in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (loved the original film version) & Jeff Daniels. I like the way they all interact together as if you’re sitting in someone’s living room…of somebody famous that is. I’m always interested to find out what Jim Carrey is up to because I’ve always been a fan and especially since having met him on a handful of occasions on account of a mutual friend – from an intimate dinner to an intimate Malibu wedding and a few house parties. He’s no dummy to, obviously quick witted and has a spiritual side not many people are aware of. He’s got the best energy.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2024-10-07): Jim Carrey became a comedy sensation worldwide for his roles in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty. The first three films led the actor to create a unique record of leading three box office no.1 films in a year. But, this also raised a massive problem in his career as he was typecasted as a comedic actor. [...] While Jim Carrey‘s professional life is star-studded with accolades and acclaim, his personal life has been nothing short of a roller-coaster of turbulent relationships. Carrey’s first nuptial collapse came circa 1995 followed by his divorce from Melissa Womer (they’d filed for divorce in ’93 and were legally separated before it got finalized) after eight years of marriage. [...] Carrey scored a trio of incredible hits including his breakthrough release Ace Ventura. After the success of the comic book adaptation The Mask, Carrey played the role of Lloyd Christmas in the comedy Dumb and Dumber. The actor was so committed to the role of a stupid limo driver that he chipped the cap off of his tooth to give him the iconic look.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2020-02-20): Farrelly Brothers movies are akin to family gatherings. They are filled with extreme neuroses, unexpected violence, and deep undercurrents of affection. Their films are even populated with friends and relatives from their Rhode Island home. Listen to any of their audio commentaries and you’ll find that half the actors are bankers and car salesman who grew up with them back east. Every time I see a Farrelly feature I think of how Manny Farber described Howard Hawks’ "weird mother hen instinct." The Farrellys have it as well, just weirder. Dumb and Dumber was their directorial debut and an enormous hit, a tale of ignorant male friendship that lowered scatalogical slapstick so far it went below lowbrow and out the other side. It’s also their first attempt at depicting the bonds of brotherhood, in which Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels perform a kind of radical acceptance of each other’s flaws — through complete stupidity, but still (they treated the same theme with greater complexity in Stuck on You, their greatest film and biggest bomb). The long-gestating but certainly not maturing sequel, Dumb and Dumber To, comes out next month.
Claim: Claims "Dumber and Dumber" actor Jim Carrey said, "Society is collapsing." (Viral Quote, 2019-07-30)
Evidence (2021-03-04): 30 Dumb and Dumber [...] Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels play two idiots. On paper, I should hate this film, a story of a quest undertaken by two nuclear-level morons, but it is brilliant. The Farrellys say that the script sat on their shelf for years, when they would occasionally bring it out and read it to friends. They knew bits weren’t funny enough when they would rush through them to get to good bits, so they went back to those bits and reworked them. This development process was obviously effective, as the gag rate on the film is astonishing. When Harry had to deal with a failing toilet at the beginning of a date I had to pause the film because I was laughing so much. It is lowbrow for sure, but excellent. Shame the sequel was so breathtakingly dire. [...] This film holds up a really good mirror to the highly individualised world we now live in, with our relationship to social media and how we interact with the world. It’s central theme is "This world isn’t what you think it is" and I love that the lead is a great comic actor, Jim Carrey, in a kind of serious role but with comic moments. One of my favourite scenes is when Truman goes into a building and they haven’t yet put the facade up so he sees the backstage area and they quickly cover it up. The comedy comes out of the truth of the situation that he’s in.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2023-04-16): The video was created by the non-partisan anti-corruption organization, RepresentUs. A spokesperson for the organization confirmed the footage of Putin included in the video was not real.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2023-04-20): FACT CHECK: Did Vladimir Putin Blame Americans For Interfering With Their Own Democracy? A video shared on Instagram purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy. [...] "You blame me for interfering with your democracy. But I don’t have to, you are doing it yourselves," Putin appears to say in English via the Instagram video, liked over 700 times. "Polling stations are closing. You don’t know who to trust, you are divided. There are strings we can pull, but we don’t have to. You are pulling them for us," he appears to continue.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-10-08): WATCH: Trump suggests Ukraine should have made concessions to Putin before Russian invasion during N.C. campaign stop Woodward also reports that Trump sent Putin COVID-19 test machines for his personal use as the virus began spreading in 2020. Putin told Trump not to tell anyone because people would be mad at Trump over it, but Trump said he didn’t care if anyone knew, according to the book. Trump ended up agreeing not to tell anyone. Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director, derided the reporting as "made up stories" and said the book is a work of fiction that could double as toilet paper. "None of these made up stories by Bob Woodward are true and are the work of a truly demented and deranged man who suffers from a debilitating case of Trump Derangement Syndrome," Cheung said in a statement. He added: "President Trump gave him absolutely no access for this trash book that either belongs in the bargain bin of the fiction section of a discount bookstore or used as toilet tissue. Woodward is a total sleazebag who has lost it mentally, and he’s slow, lethargic, incompetent and overall a boring person with no personality."
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-05-08): As far back as 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that global trends were "weakening the dominant role of the so-called historical West." Long brewing, Moscow's war on Ukraine from 2014 onward saw Putin's simmering frustration with Western rivals break violently into the open. [...] Speaking after being inaugurated for his fifth presidential term this week, Putin told Russia's political elite that the West can either "continue trying to restrain the development of Russia, continue the policy of aggression, incessant pressure on our country for years, or look for a path to cooperation and peace."
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2022-03-15): IOFFE: I mean, it's hard to watch, but the issue is that this is basically the culmination - this is the logical conclusion of what Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin have been doing for the last 22 years, ever since Putin came to power. And they've been steadily shutting down access to the free press. They've been killing journalists. They've been marginalizing independent media to the point where they're just these little gadflies on the periphery of the Russian informational space.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2023-12-14): Putin said that Russia was looking to negotiate with the U.S. about detained Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, a businessman and former Marine imprisoned in Russia on suspicion of spying. Contacts have been made to discuss securing their freedom, he said. [...] Putin said Russia had "contacts" with American partners about the case. "There is a dialogue going on about this. It’s not simple. I am not going to go into details. But I think we are generally speaking a language we can understand," he added. [...] Putin called the U.S. an "important and necessary country" in the world, but said its "imperialism politics" gets in the way of relations with Moscow.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2023-04-16): A video circulating on social media supposedly shows Russian President Vladimir Putin saying in English that he doesn’t need to interfere with U.S. democracy because it’s already fractured. "America. You blame me for interfering with your democracy but I don’t have to. You are doing it to yourselves," says the voice attributed to Putin in the clip. "Polling stations are closing. You don’t know who to trust. You are divided. There are strings we can pull. But we don’t have to. You are pulling them for us." [...] We rate the claim that this video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin talking in English about U.S. democracy False.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-10-08): "No, no," Putin said, according to Woodward’s book. "I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you, not me. They don’t care about me."
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2023-10-11): A video shared on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin warning the U.S. not to interfere in the Israel-Palestine War. Putin: I am warning that #America should not interfere in #IsraelPalestineWar, if America does that we will openly help #Palestine #Gaza #Israel_under_attack #IsraelAtWar pic.twitter.com/JFjGBVmILv— Агата Сидорова (@Agsidorova) October 9, 2023 [...] "#BreakingNews Putin: I am warning that #America should not interfere in #IsraelPalestineWar, if America does that we will openly help #Palestine," the X post’s caption purports. Text overlay on the video claims Putin says the following: "America wants to Destroy israel. As we destroy ukraine In past. I am warning America. Russia will help palestine And america can do nothing." The video, posted to the platform on Oct. 9, has been viewed over 400,000 times as of writing.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-03-21): It is no surprise the second anniversary of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine generated so much commentary. What is surprising, though, is that Kremlin propaganda remains so prevalent in what purports to be analysis. [...] Accusing the West of sowing democracy on Russia’s doorstep today ignores the reality that, freed from 50 years of Moscow’s repressive domination, the countries of eastern Europe unequivocally saw their future security and prosperity as part of the European Union and NATO. [...] Both Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping seek to undermine confidence in US leadership and commitment through falsehoods and propaganda. We must be vigilant and forthrightly contest these efforts, regardless of the competing demands on governments and the distractions of our often fractious democracies.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2023-01-31): Vladimir Putin sees American talk of human rights, democracy, freedom as a cynical fig leaf, something that the U.S. uses to cover itself as it cynically pursues its interests across the globe, as it pushes its agenda across the globe. [...] For Putin to see an American vice president go talk to students and encourage democracy, he sees it as a threat. "Who are you to come here and foment trouble in my backyard?" It’s aggravating and offensive to Putin to see that kind of action. [...] From Putin’s point of view, he won. Not only did the candidate he favored come out on top, he has disrupted Americans’ faith in their own democracy so that we’re all turning on each other and we’re busy fighting with each other and in his mind hopefully too distracted to pose a threat to him on the world stage.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2018-07-16): Mr Putin reiterated that Russia had never interfered in US affairs. [...] "There is no moral equivalence between the United States and Russia, which remains hostile to our most basic values and ideals," he said, adding that there was "no question" Moscow had interfered in the 2016 election. [...] Speaking on Monday, President Putin offered to allow US investigators to visit Russia to question the officers.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2016-07-11): Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with journalists after a live broadcast nationwide call-in, Moscow, April 14, 2016 [...] [28] Steven Pifer, "Putin, Lies and His 'Little Green Men,'" CNN, March 20, 2015.
Claim: purports to show Russian President Vladimir Putin telling Americans they interfere with their own democracy (Video, 2023-04-16)
Evidence (2024-02-26): "Not that they didn’t have an incentive to interfere in the last two presidential elections," said Schafer, who tracks disinformation efforts by Russia and other regimes. "But I would say that the incentive to interfere is heightened right now." [...] And two days before Slovakia’s parliamentary elections in September, a fake audio clip purported to show the leader of a pro-Western political party discussing how to rig the election. The audio was eventually debunked, and it’s unclear what effect it had on the election. But a pro-Russia party opposing aid to Ukraine won the most votes. [...] The adoption of Russian state rhetoric in America’s political debate is a victory for Moscow, experts said. Putin’s goal is to spread doubt and division among Americans.