The Cable Guy : Meaning of 'The silence of the lambs' references?

Meaning of 'The silence of the lambs' references?

What is it?? and are there other references?
also, whats with the twins trial? why would the director of the movie beg for recognition?

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The trial crap is the only thing I didn't understand. Just seemed like filler to put Stiller in

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according to trivia the silence of the lambs bit was improvised , and Stiller was originaly going to be the cable guy but it was too difficult to direct and act. The brothers seemed like the perfect way to still have a small part.

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It's called a subplot.

Can't stop the signal.

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This. It's an over-arching narrative used throughout the entire movie, which plays nicely into the ending when Chip falls on the satellite dish.



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Exactly. I am glad someone realised this.

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You sir are a genius. Kudos for that explanation,but i don't think most of the people will find this acceptable as nobody wants to be called a FOOL. Anyway a brilliant explanation.

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Maybe I'm wrong, but.. I believe the Twins trial is a goof on the very famous Menendez brothers murder trial that was hugely in the news a couple years before Cable Guy was released. Stiller (as the Twins) resembles the Menendez brothers very closely in appearance. If you don't remember that trial, look it up and you should see the connection right away. Ben Stiller really doesn't need any recognition.

The silence of the lambs reference? That was even more clear, I mean he literally said "Silence of the lambs". I thought he should have just spoken some random Dr. Lector dialogue to make people try and guess what it was. It was very funny, even Broderick was laughing at his Dr. Lector impression. Carrey is just awesome.

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To answer your question on the Silence of the lambs reference, I can't say for sure but perhaps it was due to two actors coincidentally who starred in silence of the lambs being cast in this movie as well

Jim carrey might have just run with the idea to put the chicken skin on his face when he saw both Diane Baker and Charles Napier cast in this filmit can't be just coincidence that he did that parody and these two actors were in this

Suprised it wasn't mentioned in the trivia section that these two actors starred in both films and had that scene in medieval timesI submitted it to imdb.

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Jim Carrey must be a fan of that movie b/c he referenced Lector in Ace Ventura when he says "Cozy if you're Hannibal Lector".

Y'know, I could eat a peach for hours

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The Cable guy wanted a brother while the trial involve murdering of a brother.

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I think the twin's trial, while a reference to real life murder trials such as the Menendez brothers or OJ Simpson, also looked at the obsession people had with watching TV and not getting on with living their own lives, as well as examining the cult of celebrity, constantly perpetuated by the media.

Look at the cable guy for instance; he was so lonely and pathetic, he pretended to still work for the cable company he'd been fired from for harassing customers but still pretended to work there to insinuate himself into people's lives, such as the hapless Steven and would always use TV characters' names to introduce himself instead of his real name. Life was a movie or TV show; he was always parodying popular characters mythologized by TV instead of living a real life.

When he eventually fell into the satellite dish, disconnecting all the TVs right at the crucial moment of the jury's verdict, he disrupted everyone's concept of reality, to the point where everyone felt that a huge chunk of their lives was over but why? What did it matter whether the former child star was found guilty or not? It wouldn't alter their existence in any way. The only person who would be affected would be the ex-celebrity himself. It showed that too, when one of the disappointed TV viewers then picked up a book and started reading. Perhaps there's a little cable guy in all of us?

Don't let anyone ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want.
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