"We want you to play a dead guy for the entire film. The title character. You have like 10 minutes of being an alive jerk, then you just spend the rest of the movie limp. Lay on sofas and chairs a lot, lean on a few walls, get carried around, do absolutely nothing. Here's your paycheck."
"Wow, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity as an actor to get paid to do nothing!"
The role also required a high pain tolerance, as both he and his stunt double were dropped repeatedly while filming and had to stay limp to not ruin the take. I read Kiser ended up with 3 cracked ribs and some nerve issues that took a while to heal from his neck flopping around so much. He more than earned his paycheck.
I imagine there would have been hours of footage in which the other actors succeeded in making him respond (i.e., what they call “corpsing” in theatre) and they have to retake the scene.
Holy moly I didn't believe you until I checked Wikipedia. Was that tweet sent by a human or was it just a scheduled tweet that became unintentionally posthumous?
Considering there are so few black people in the GQP that they kept running his account even after that, I'd say someone made the decision to keep downplaying covid on his page and didn't care about the optics.
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socsa@piefed.social · 84 pts · 26d
This just reminded me that it's almost been a full year since Charlie Kirk said something racist.
Inucune@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 26d
He did lean to the left, and the media stopped reporting anything he said afterwards.
I still think it is great he got to live out his percicution fantasy before God called him home... Possibly nitro express.
smeenz@lemmy.nz · 5 pts · 25d
Who ?
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 25d
Some dude who leaned left at a college campus.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 24d
Counting or not counting gang violence?
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 65 pts · 26d
Cool. The question was, did he respond?
ceenote@lemmy.world · 192 pts · 26d
The joke is that Herman Cain (the tweeter) died of covid a few years ago.
lemmyng@piefed.ca · 110 pts · 26d
And his Twitter account kept posting antivax messages after he passed.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 33 pts · 26d
Man, he really is committed
ceenote@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 26d
It's that or Republican staffers are grotesque mockeries of human beings.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 26d
I can’t wait to find out how Bitch McConnell got his Herman Cain award
chaogomu@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 26d
I always thought of the Herman Cain award being given out when the cause of death was something the person said wasn't real.
Like Herman Cain and COVID.
McConnell is just ancient and evil. There's no award for then an ancient evil dies, just relief.
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 25d
correct
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 26d
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 26d
Herman Cain died back in 2020.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 26d
Damn, got me
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 26d
Don't feel bad, I didn't remember this either.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 26d
iocase@lemmy.zip · 57 pts · 25d
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 26d
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 26d
Could you imagine being this actor (Terry Kiser)?
"We want you to play a dead guy for the entire film. The title character. You have like 10 minutes of being an alive jerk, then you just spend the rest of the movie limp. Lay on sofas and chairs a lot, lean on a few walls, get carried around, do absolutely nothing. Here's your paycheck."
"Wow, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity as an actor to get paid to do nothing!"
"Good news! SEQUEL!"
EpeeGnome@feddit.online · 23 pts · 26d
The role also required a high pain tolerance, as both he and his stunt double were dropped repeatedly while filming and had to stay limp to not ruin the take. I read Kiser ended up with 3 cracked ribs and some nerve issues that took a while to heal from his neck flopping around so much. He more than earned his paycheck.
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 26d
Well that is way less fun
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 25d
Compo?
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 26d
I mean, he did a bang up job of it fwiw, he took the job they usually give extras and turned it into a starring role
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 26d
His best known role is portraying a corpse for 2 movies. A gig's a gig!
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 26d
I thought you meant in addition to Bernie for a sec. I was about to say "talk about typecasting".
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 26d
No, just Bernie, then Bernie again!
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 26d
That's the name of my future band. "Bernie Again"
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 26d
I imagine there would have been hours of footage in which the other actors succeeded in making him respond (i.e., what they call “corpsing” in theatre) and they have to retake the scene.
OS2Warp@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 25d
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 26d
I thought the joke was pretty blatant, but god damn, lots of woosh going on here.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 16 pts · 26d
layers of humor on full display in here
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 25d
If you're not US american you probably won't know who this is. I have myself never heard of him.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 25d
For those that don't know him, I highly recommend looking into him. Endlessly entertaining.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 26d
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 25d
Is Herman Cain dead?
gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org · 50 pts · 25d
Said that COVID wasn't that big of a deal, then died of COVID. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain_Award
VinegarChunks@lemmus.org · 22 pts · 25d
Then his twitter account continued saying covid wasn’t a big deal
RichardNixos@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 25d
Holy moly I didn't believe you until I checked Wikipedia. Was that tweet sent by a human or was it just a scheduled tweet that became unintentionally posthumous?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 25d
Considering there are so few black people in the GQP that they kept running his account even after that, I'd say someone made the decision to keep downplaying covid on his page and didn't care about the optics.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 25d
That he got from a superspreader Trump rally, no less.
Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 24d
And his socials continued to day covid wasnt bad after he died from it because even his staffers are nuts
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
Right. Got it. So I was right. They are talking in Hell.
pingveno@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 24d
No, no, they are both in the embrace of Their noodly appendages. They don't reject anyone. Except Fred, you know who you are and you know why.
charokol@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 25d
No, he just spoke with Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior senator from Kentucky
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 24d
Yeah, figured they were both in Hell. That's how they talked.
TimboSlice@discuss.online · 7 pts · 25d
Yes
Kraiden@piefed.social · 21 pts · 26d
Sure you did
Jinarched@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 26d
OS2Warp@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 25d
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 25d
It is insane that this movie exists.
JordanZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 25d
nieminen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 25d
They have to realize that so many of them posting that they've talked to him is having the opposite effect they intend right?
MJKee9@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 25d
You know Herman Cain is dead, right?
nieminen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 25d
I don't even know who herman cain is, but that makes this funnier, thanks for clarifying 🤣.
In either case, real and currently live people are doing this.
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 24d
COVID vaccine denier, too. Died from COVID.
nieminen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 24d
Absolute shame when that happens.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
xorollo@leminal.space · 6 pts · 24d
Lmao, thanks for the context from another clueless person.
Master@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 26d
I heard that Charlie Kirk spoke with him earlier this week!
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 17 pts · 26d
This is, in fact, how normal human people talk. I am now convinced they are not engaged in a deception.
I forgot who this loser was.
chaogomu@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 26d
The first winner of the famous Herman Cain award during COVID. Awarded posthumously.
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 26d
kokesh@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 26d
Is it some sort of competition who is better friends with that corpse?
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 26d
Herman Cain died in 2020
kokesh@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 26d
So they are friends for real! Cool!
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 25d
Roommates in hell
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 26d
But the real question is did he respond. Can talk to a corpse all day long but I doubt it would respond with words.
starik@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 25d
They spoke in the waiting room
TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 26d
Do you think Herman Cain is smart enough to know the difference?
Shellbeach@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 26d
Wait, was he not one of the covidiot who died from it?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 26d
He was. Guess he's too dumb to realize that he's dead as well.
Tacky4092@feddit.org · 4 pts · 25d
Herman Cain is already dead. That's the joke here.
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 26d
Good point.
multifariace@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d
Nein! Nein! Nein!
LovelyMover@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 25d
didnt speak back ofc as hes dead...thoughts & prayers talk maybe?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 24d
Herman Cain is also dead. He was a Covid denier that died of Covid. They spoke together in Hell.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 26d
Tacky4092@feddit.org · 3 pts · 25d
Herman Cain been dead since 2020. That's the joke.