Jim Carrey is taking off and hanging up the artist’s cap he has worn so successfully over the past four years with his “political protest cartoons” that chronicled worrying events in the country, while condemning Donald Trump and his administration.
“In the past 4 years, among other commitments, I have put considerable effort into this collection of caricatures of political protest. It really looks like you and I have crossed an ocean of outrage together … but something tells me it’s time to rest my social media hammer and regain some neurological bandwidth, ”he wrote in a tweet on Saturday.
“If it looked like I was ignoring my main Twitter followers here and outside the United States and Canada in my quest to free our democracy from ‘Orange Julius Caesar’ and his Empire of Lies, it was not my intention. I simply assumed that a radicalized America is a threat to all of us. When a madman grabs the steering wheel of a bus laden with innocent passengers and threatens to throw him off a cliff, it tends to steal everyone’s attention. ”
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– Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) February 20, 2021
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The long statement was accompanied by a drawing of himself standing with his arms open at a door against a blue sky. “… in case I don’t see you …” says the caption. Both the drawing and the quote are reminiscent of his 1998 film “The Truman Show”.
Carrey ended his note with admiration and gratitude for his fans, writing: “You have always occupied and will always occupy a sacred space in my grateful heart. Thank you all for your patience, your support, your humor and your beautiful fanart. “
When Carrey first expressed his political views through political cartoons on Twitter in August 2017, he said he “became a kind of activist” for the things he saw happening around him. And expressing those opinions often got him in trouble.
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“There was a lot of pressure from my administration: ‘Don’t mess this up. You have goodwill in the world. People love you. You start talking about politics or other issues, you’re going to lose half your audience. I say: lose them, ”he told Vulture in an interview in January 2019.
“The hard part for me is to stop long enough to take care of my life’s business because, once I start, all the plans go away. I am free and that is what art is for me. It is presence and freedom in presence. “
