Fargo

[matthew.percy at utoronto.ca]

On Mon, 25 Nov 1996, J. wrote:

> On Mon, 25 Nov 1996 matthew.percy at utoronto.ca wrote:
> 
> > On the other hand, Fargo is amazing.
> 
> Definitely.  I found it very Kafkaesque somehow, but with a sense of
> humor.  The goofy accents (they're goofy to me, anyway, no offense to
> those on the list from Minnesota/North Dakota =) ) added a touch of the
> surreal, and a bit of humor, to what would otherwise be a vety dark and
> nearly-hopeless story of death on what amounts to a frozen wasteland. 
> Like many of TRP's characters, most or all of the characters in "Fargo" 
> seemed to be caricatures of themselves..

W/r/t accents in _Fargo_.  Having lived all over Canada, I've noticed 
that the accent tends to crop up primarily in small towns- its definitely 
prevealnet in Southern Ontario (outside Toronto) and in rural Alberta/B.C.

 Thanks a bunch!  Aw jeez-

But yeah, as to whether the chars. in _Fargo_ seem to be caricatures of 
themselves...The first time I saw the film , Idefinitely thought so - it 
kinda seemed like a twisted dark comedy.  The second time I saw it - I 
dunno -  I actually kinda empathized with Jerry Lundegaard and the 
Japanese GUy ( Aw Margie! It's so good to see ya!).  The film felt much 
more human and tragic to me.  Especially that final scene where Marge and 
here husband stare at the television in bed together - pretty amazing.  
I have to say - I love allthe Coen Bros. movies, (well maybe not 
_Hudsucker_) but Fargo is the greatest.  Just b/c it manages to avoid the 
the kinda cold intellectual (although still wickedly funny) style of 
_Miller's Crossing_.
-matt

> And the scene where the lady police-woman/detective (it's been months
> since the film came to my part of the country, I can't recall her name
> anymore, doh) meets her old Japanese friend in the bar and he breaks down: 
> ought one laugh, or feel pity? 
> 
> J.
> 
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