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'''Ron Anderson''': Then for fuck's sake talk to someone about it, will you? And sort it out before I sack you and hire a lobotomized monkey to play your role. Okay? }}

 

 

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* [[Adorkable]]: Well, it is [[Jeff Goldblum]] after all. [[Emma Thompson]] isn't normally this trope; but she takes a good stab at it in this film.

* [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]: The sex scene between Dexter and Kate is both hilariously funny and a [[Destructo-Nookie|whirlwind of destruction]]. Between the two of them, they managed to accidentally break nearly everything in Kate's bedroom.

* [[Genius Bonus]]: One of Dexter's failed audtions is for a play by real-life controversial British stage performer and directory Steven Berkoff; which he fails for not being "angry" enough. Berkoff's plays are known for their angry, violent, "in yer face" style.

* [[Self Deprecating Humor]]: [[Rowan Atkinson]] plays an exaggerated and obnoxious version of his stand-up stage persona; who is constantly name-dropping the royal family.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: Type 1. Dexter lands the lead role in a [[The Musical|musical adaptation]] of ''[[The Elephant Man]]'' of all things, being performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company. [[Roger Ebert]] refers to it as "the funniest deliberately bad play in a movie since [[Mel Brooks]]' "[[Springtime for Hitler]]" in ''[[The Producers]]''."

** He starts out playing a straight man in Ron Anderson's comedy revue.

* [[Take That]]: The [[Show Within a Show]] is a brilliant send-up of the modern musical. Several others are also poked fun at in this exchange between Dexter and his agent:

'''Dexter''': Jesus Christ Superstar WAS a stupid idea. }}

* [[The Musical]]: Parodied with Elephant! See [[Take That]] above.

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