Even Canadians Hate Mike Myers
Like other homegrown actors who spend the majority of their time outside of Canada — that means you, Jim Carrey — comedian Mike Myers is no longer ours to keep.
Allow us to explain why that’s great news in our books.
So I Married an Axe Murderer is the one Myers movie fans and non-fans can agree on. It’s funny and fresh, if not borderline legendary for its quotability. (”I believe I ordered the large cappuccino,” Myers quips in one scene, after being served a coffee that would dwarf a Buick.)
The Scarborough native’s funniest film turns 15 years old this summer, which is disconcerting. In the decade-and-a-half since its release, Myers — one of the greats in Saturday Night Live history — has become one of the highest-paid actors of his time.
Despite all his success, Myers has not progressed. In fact, he has regressed: The comic has dumbed down his art into a shtick that relies primarily on poop jokes, cultural stereotypes and Scottish accents. His newest film, The Love Guru, is merely an extension of that formula, but with Bollywood stereotypes in place of haggis riffs.
- from Canada
Comments
By sam on August 15th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
I hate mike myers. everything he has ever done is rubbish.