Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind Analysis
Films that claim the statement, “based on a true story” intend to make all of the pictured events as accurate as possible. While depicting a historic moment can be incredible hard, it can be even harder when the original script is constructed upon a lie. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a movie based the life of the man responsible for creating a genre of television in which we capitalize on today, but also for creating an autobiography so far- fetched that it appears to be true. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind presents a look into the fabricated double life of Chuck Barris. George Clooney’s film, Confessions of A Dangerous Mind, is based upon the allegations made by Chuck Barris in his 1982 autobiography. The production had a comedic
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It was said that he possessed a certain talent for knowing what the people wanted and giving it to them. This quality to entertain people shows through in his autobiography, as he created this double life merely as an act to keep people amused. Barris was quoted saying, “I thought spontaneity was the key. My shows were simple half-hour entertainments. The Newlywed Game: that was four couples, eight questions and a refrigerator. All I hoped was that I could stop a person's fork once or twice in every show. That's the moment when you're eating your dinner, you raise your fork to your mouth and something you see or hear on TV halts you mid-mouthful” (Will the real Chuck). This quote gives weight to the idea that Barris was all about the amusement aspect. It was said that the random prize destinations on the show were set up so Chuck Barris could travel to track down his next target. Due to his very odd sense of humor it is not far off to believe he thought it was comical when two game show contestants discover with great disappointment they are headed for West Germany. In the midst of a midlife crisis he did what he does best and created a lie so crazy it could sound factual. He made a career out of outrageousness, so what was to stop him in the work of his
It was said that he possessed a certain talent for knowing what the people wanted and giving it to them. This quality to entertain people shows through in his autobiography, as he created this double life merely as an act to keep people amused. Barris was quoted saying, “I thought spontaneity was the key. My shows were simple half-hour entertainments. The Newlywed Game: that was four couples, eight questions and a refrigerator. All I hoped was that I could stop a person's fork once or twice in every show. That's the moment when you're eating your dinner, you raise your fork to your mouth and something you see or hear on TV halts you mid-mouthful” (Will the real Chuck). This quote gives weight to the idea that Barris was all about the amusement aspect. It was said that the random prize destinations on the show were set up so Chuck Barris could travel to track down his next target. Due to his very odd sense of humor it is not far off to believe he thought it was comical when two game show contestants discover with great disappointment they are headed for West Germany. In the midst of a midlife crisis he did what he does best and created a lie so crazy it could sound factual. He made a career out of outrageousness, so what was to stop him in the work of his