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Why did carlin agree to be in these films?


I'm always surprised carlin agreed to be in this film and its sequel.

carlin's times as Rufus are probably the only ones in his life when he wasn't acting like a raving, foulmouthed, immoral, God-hating scumbag lunatic.

In other words, Rufus is antithetical to everything carlin stood for. So why did carlin agree to play him?

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Because he wasn't a fanatic like you.


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Sure he was, he was an anti-God fanatic. However, the script of this film prevented him from being himself in it.

But thanks for the ad hom and for adding nothing to this discussion. LOL

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Carlin was more anti-religious than anti-God.

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Your entire first post is ad hominem, so you really have no place to complain. Second of all, there's nothing to discuss as your "point" is idiotic and suggests that actors only play roles that match their personality. Ignoring the whole point of acting.

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Your entire first post is ad hominem, so you really have no place to complain. Second of all, there's nothing to discuss as your "point" is idiotic and suggests that actors only play roles that match their personality. Ignoring the whole point of acting.


Wait, so you're telling me that despite playing Abraham Lincoln in this movie, Robert V. Barron has never been president of the United States?

Pffft. I have no respect for this film now. Next you'll be telling me Keanu Reeves isn't going to be in a band that unites the world through it's most excellent music.

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Sure he was, he was an anti-God fanatic. However, the script of this film prevented him from being himself in it.
He wasn't a fanatic. He wasn't the president of the Atheist club. He didn't run around like Dawkins or Hitchens debating clergy and preachers. Every time he was interviewed or made a public statement he didn't throw in a jab at "God". He simply expressed how moronic it was to follow an organized religion like a sensible, logical, critical thinking man. Fanatic, pfft. You know not the meaning of the word. It sounds more like you are offended by his stance.



Besides it's called ACTING which means occasionally you will play parts that has nothing to do with your personal beliefs. What, did you think that all actors who play psychos and gangsters are completed applaud real life ones?




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carlin's times as Rufus are probably the only ones in his life when he wasn't acting like a raving, foulmouthed, immoral, God-hating scumbag lunatic.


So you didn't like the guy?

Also, you're 100% wrong. I'm curious when you grew up, because he was also the Conductor on Shinning Time Station.

In other words, Rufus is antithetical to everything carlin stood for. So why did carlin agree to play him?


Nonsense. The only thing close to a valid criticism against the man was "god hating" and it doesn't seem like he's playing a theist in Rufus.

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In 2013 Alex Winter commented on Carlin's casting: "He was a very happy accident. They were going after serious people first. Like Sean Connery. And someone had the idea, way after we started shooting, of George. That whole movie was a happy accident. No one thought it would ever see the light of day."

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Because the movie has an underline message that we don't need God

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some actors like portraying characters who are not like themselves. A perfect example is Bob Saget who generally plays wholesome morale characters while in real life being extremely vulgar and crude. I don’t know why God is even being discussed in this thread when the film itself doesn’t touch on religion. In fact the sequel shows heaven, hell, and satan so it does confirm three aspects of Christianity.

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Just curious, what was your former addiction before god? Drugs? Alcohol?

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His electric bill had to be paid!

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Carlin did the kid's show Shinning Time Station. lol

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Carlin was a douche - starting and for a long time, continuing his act as a sellout conformist, until he decided to become 'edgy' - that's not his natural character, he just made a -decision- to change.

He dressed in black, was really foul-mouth, was wrong about so many things, didn't understand what a 'human being' is, and so on. He did have some funny jokes, though, but he was a misandrist, always insulting men way more than women, and for no reason as well. He thinks feminists have a 'philosophy' and he agrees with them - admittedly!

Well, maybe not anymore, but at least he did.

He's just a failure of a human being greedy for money and a lust for being as demonic on stage as possible - and yet always careful not to hurt those in power, women, and the 'wealthy people that own the country' that he tactically NEVER names - what a coward!

Other people at least dare say the name Rotschild, but not Carlin. He speaks in very roundabout ways, is very vague about whom he blames, and so on.

I think his worst crime is, that aside from a couple of funny jokes and an incredible memory for lists of trivial things, he just wasn't funny. Not in his conformist days, not in his edgy days. The only thing he really accomplished was to test the limits and hypocrisy of censorship and then just make 8000 jokes about language and words (yawn).

His whole 'Earth and plastic' bit couldn't be more insulting, this planet is VERY polluted, and the magnetic field is not entirely stable, but sure, pretend that it can't be destroyed. As if it's not a big deal if people of this planet will be completely wiped out. Another planet in this solar system was already destroyed by people like him.. can you imagine what he would've done if he had his hands on some powerful weapons launch codes..? Would you trust him to not use those codes to mass-murder half the planet (or all of it, if possible)?


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I DISAGREE...A LOT...I DON'T THINK I LIKE YOU EITHER.🤔

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It must have paid well. People in show business need to pay their bills too.

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