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(B, LL, VV, SS, N, A, D, M) Convoluted moral worldview emphasizing that TV corrupts, that morality is important & that parents need to raise their children & not let the TV raise them - however, regrettably, a lot of immorality is shown getting to these conclusions; 39 obscenities, 8 profanities & many, many obscene gestures and behaviors; constant extreme & slapstick violence including pratfalls, fighting with swords, ball & chain & lance, fist fights, & man falls from TV tower; a great deal of sexual innuendo & humor, including obscene terms, obscene actions & extremely suggestive situations, prostitution, & an obscene game called "porno password"; upper male nudity; alcohol use; smoking; suggestion of drugs; and, lying, cheating, stealing, fraud, & deception
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In THE CABLE GUY, Jim Carrey plays a cable installer who is so lonely that he stalks his customers. This time, he pursues Steven, played by Matthew Broderick. Steven wants his cable installed immediately to escape the pain of his breakup with his girlfriend. Little does he realize that his cable installer is a lunatic who spent his childhood having his brain fried by the TV. The cable guy takes over Steven’s life. When Steven tries to get rid of him, the cable guy becomes your worst nightmare come true. Eventually, Steven and the cable guy duke it out high above a satellite dish, thus knocking out cable programming throughout the world.
The messages are clear: this guy’s brain is fried because his mother abandoned him to this electronic baby-sitter; and, (2) stopping the cable feed will return sanity to the world. In a way, THE CABLE GUY is probably the most biting satire so far of television. Jim Carrey will do anything to be funny, which, in this movie, boils down to extreme obscenity and embarrassment. Even so, Steven learns through the cable guy how to stand up for himself, for the love in his life and for morality. Perhaps, just as the final battle knocks out the satellite feed, maybe the best thing for us is to avoid THE CABLE GUY and spend an evening with our family and friends.
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