The Jerk written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias, directed by the late Carl Reiner – the main character in the film is much nicer than The Orange Jerk who presides over the free world, God damn him

 

The Jerk written by Steve Martin, Carl Gottlieb and Michael Elias, directed by the late Carl Reiner – the main character in the film is much nicer than The Orange Jerk who presides over the free world, God damn him

 

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8 out of 10

Steve Martin https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/08/dirty-rotten-scoundrels-with-michael.html is one of the most talented thespians ever, he is still at the top of his game, I think he was nominated again, in the past few weeks, for some Emmy awards, for his comedy series, is it Murders in The Building? We can google it

 

He co-wrote this comedy, in which he also has the leading role of Nevin aka Pig Eye Jackson, a man so silly we could not believe it, except of course, he has a replica in real life (plenty, actually) who is much worse than anything imaginable, I mean, we have human beings that ae challenged, they have a low IQ and it is obvious

https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/confidence-man-making-of-donald-trump.html The Orange Jerk is exceptional in that, with his pathetic logic, he has reached the top of the world, granted, that says much more about the ‘wisdom of the crowds’, that is, how bad they can be at electing a decent person to lead them

 

Winston Churchll famously said, with his memorable humor, that ‘democracy is the worst from of government, except for all the others’, only now that so many fools or Jerks are in top positions, one has to wonder about it, so maybe H.L. Mencken, another humorist, was right after all, when he mocked this form of government

https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-american-credo-by-h-l-mencken-and.html “democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard” and now back to The Jerk, who works in a gas station, where he comes under attack, when a lunatic takes a rifle and aims at him

 

notwithstanding that, Nevin is sure that there must be something else, he is unable to understand the simplest situations, just like that monster, ho destroyed part of The White House, took bribes, wants to build monuments to himself, betrayed and threated enemies, just as he calls tyrants his friends, Putin and co.

emotional Intelligence https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/07/emotional-intelligence.html is more important than IQ, I think I have read that it is twice as useful, but The Orange Jerk and the hero of the motion picture lack that, the prophet of MAGA has zero EQ, but an immense narcissism, a ludicrous behavior

 

Nevin joins an Amusement Park, where he becomes the sexual toy of this woman, with a dominatrix urge, jealous and dangerous when her sex toy becomes enamored with Mary; the hero had invented a support for glasses, and it looks like he will be very rich, though maybe there is a twist here, he enjoys opulence, until he may come to the end of this road

 Amusement is one of the elements of Positivity https://realinibarzoi.blogspot.com/2025/01/positivity-by-barbara-fredrickson-life.html as identified in the psychology classic by Barbara Fredrickson, the others are awe, serenity, joy, interest, hope, pride, inspiration, gratitude and love, the latter is the most important of all

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