Interesting that he approached the character that way. And it makes sense, I mean almost nobody thinks they’re a bad person; but I actually started to appreciate Fargo more my second watch, when I considered that Jerry actually wasn’t a fairly decent guy in a situation that spiraled out of his control. He was almost entirely made up of his “Minnesota nice” manners, and when those were stripped away he was every bit at deplorable as someone like Carl. It really helped unlock my appreciation of the movie.
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“And Peter just dropped the stunt guy right into the shredder. I was horrified, but they kept rolling. I think Joel might have had an erection.”
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Jerry Lundegaard has to be on the shortlist of “Most pathetic characters in film history”.
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Interesting that he approached the character that way. And it makes sense, I mean almost nobody thinks they’re a bad person; but I actually started to appreciate Fargo more my second watch, when I considered that Jerry actually wasn’t a fairly decent guy in a situation that spiraled out of his control. He was almost entirely made up of his “Minnesota nice” manners, and when those were stripped away he was every bit at deplorable as someone like Carl. It really helped unlock my appreciation of the movie.
“And Peter just dropped the stunt guy right into the shredder. I was horrified, but they kept rolling. I think Joel might have had an erection.”
Jerry Lundegaard has to be on the shortlist of “Most pathetic characters in film history”.