Peter Riegert lent The Mask's effects-heavy silliness a sense of comic timing that works wonders with the star's manic tomfoolery.
that stands out as an absolute comic masterstroke—zero CGI cartoon antics required. Stanley Ipkiss squirms under the magnifying glass of Lt. Mitch Kellaway , the detective sizing up the lowly bank clerk in his dinky apartment.
Edge City is a rough place, and as one of its few straight-shooting public servants, Lt. Kellaway’s cynicism is appropriately caustic. Yet Riegert’s innate charm—his easy smirks, the gentle glint in his eyes, his sharp cadence that suggests a warm sense of humor—makes his character’s attitude feel agreeable.Mike Werb) occasionally allows Edge City’s bile to rise up in Kellaway, as it does in that testy interrogation scene with Ipkiss.
These influences show throughout the film, especially during a scene where Kellaway thwarts The Mask’s wooing of Tina Carlyle . Kellaway yells, “Freeze!” and so The Mask does as he’s bid, turning into a human icicle:Kellaway: “All right, all right, unfreeze!” Only two performers with a mutual appreciation for comedy history could understand the vital importance of timing in that exchange. Carrey may have been suspended by wires and imbued with Industrial Light & Magic’s digital work, but their exchange in this instant makes what could have been another cartoon moment into a performance piece.
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