Now, now, before any Arrested Development fans jump out of my closet and beat me to death with frozen bananas, it really has less to do with Michael Cera and more to do with the fact he's basically the same character in every film, play, YouTube video or fake documentary. That's it, I just wish the kid would branch out a little.
Oh, that and the deeply "original" hipster tactic of adopting an underfed, derivative and socially awkward outsider as their King is wearing a little thin, don't you know. Hey Michael Cera, why are you wearing a t-shirt with a Shirley nametag? Your name isn't Shirley! Oh, you're wearing that t-shirt ironically? Oh of course! Why didn't I think of that? Oh right. Because you're the hipster douchebag.
Ahem.
But that was before I saw the trailer for Youth in Revolt, in which he once again plays Michael Cera (sample dialogue: "You'll find I do all my hiking freeform. I enter the wilderness with only a sense of childlike wonder." I BET YOU DO). But then, in what can only be described as a stunning twist, his character develops an alter ego, (also played by Cera) who manifests itself as what appears to be a dead-voiced Lothario who vaguely resembles a Colombian king pin. You know, if Colombian king pins glued on their mustaches and also lived on a diet of Mr. Noodles and the leftover fibers from American Apparel overstock. It is goddamn hilarious stuff, and almost made me forgive him for Juno.
Just...watch it. I laughed, a lot. Well done, Cera. Well done. You've won the battle. But who, indeed, will take the war?
DISCLAIMER: No hipsters were harmed in the making of this blog post. Well, maybe a little.
2 comments:
Not to mention it has a great Old 97's song (Timebomb) in it. Worth the price of admission right there.
Ain't that the truth!
I'll give that to Cera--his soundtracks are usually worth a listen.
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