"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 · 78d
This just reminded me that it's almost been a full year since Charlie Kirk said something racist.
Inucune@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 78d
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 · 77d
Who ?
PhoenixDog@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 77d
Some dude who leaned left at a college campus.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 76d
Counting or not counting gang violence?
areakode@riskeratspizza.com · 65 pts · 78d
Cool. The question was, did he respond?
ceenote@lemmy.world · 192 pts · 78d
The joke is that Herman Cain (the tweeter) died of covid a few years ago.
lemmyng@piefed.ca · 110 pts · 78d
And his Twitter account kept posting antivax messages after he passed.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 33 pts · 78d
Man, he really is committed
ceenote@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 78d
It's that or Republican staffers are grotesque mockeries of human beings.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 78d
I can’t wait to find out how Bitch McConnell got his Herman Cain award
chaogomu@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 78d
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 · 77d
correct
Akasazh@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 78d
SailorFuzz@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 78d
Herman Cain died back in 2020.
Pat_Riot@lemmy.today · 22 pts · 78d
Damn, got me
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 78d
Don't feel bad, I didn't remember this either.
AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 78d
iocase@lemmy.zip · 57 pts · 78d
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 49 pts · 78d
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 78d
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 · 78d
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 · 78d
Well that is way less fun
ryannathans@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 78d
Compo?
Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 78d
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 · 78d
His best known role is portraying a corpse for 2 movies. A gig's a gig!
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d
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 · 78d
No, just Bernie, then Bernie again!
kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 78d
That's the name of my future band. "Bernie Again"
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 78d
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 · 77d
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 78d
I thought the joke was pretty blatant, but god damn, lots of woosh going on here.
green_goglin@thelemmy.club · 16 pts · 78d
layers of humor on full display in here
Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 77d
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 · 77d
For those that don't know him, I highly recommend looking into him. Endlessly entertaining.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 78d
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 78d
Is Herman Cain dead?
gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org · 50 pts · 78d
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 · 77d
Then his twitter account continued saying covid wasn’t a big deal
RichardNixos@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 77d
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 · 77d
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 · 77d
That he got from a superspreader Trump rally, no less.
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 77d
Right. Got it. So I was right. They are talking in Hell.
pingveno@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 76d
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.
Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 76d
And his socials continued to day covid wasnt bad after he died from it because even his staffers are nuts
charokol@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 77d
No, he just spoke with Mitch McConnell this morning, the senior senator from Kentucky
Professorozone@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 77d
Yeah, figured they were both in Hell. That's how they talked.
TimboSlice@discuss.online · 7 pts · 78d
Yes
Kraiden@piefed.social · 21 pts · 78d
Sure you did
Jinarched@lemmy.ca · 21 pts · 78d
OS2Warp@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 77d
mechoman444@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 78d
It is insane that this movie exists.
JordanZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
nieminen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 77d
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 · 77d
You know Herman Cain is dead, right?
nieminen@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 77d
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 · 76d
COVID vaccine denier, too. Died from COVID.
nieminen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 76d
Absolute shame when that happens.... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
xorollo@leminal.space · 6 pts · 76d
Lmao, thanks for the context from another clueless person.
ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip · 17 pts · 78d
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 · 78d
The first winner of the famous Herman Cain award during COVID. Awarded posthumously.
Master@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 78d
I heard that Charlie Kirk spoke with him earlier this week!
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 78d
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 78d
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 · 78d
They spoke in the waiting room
TheCriticalMember@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 78d
Do you think Herman Cain is smart enough to know the difference?
Shellbeach@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 78d
Wait, was he not one of the covidiot who died from it?
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 78d
He was. Guess he's too dumb to realize that he's dead as well.
Tacky4092@feddit.org · 4 pts · 77d
Herman Cain is already dead. That's the joke here.
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 78d
Good point.
kokesh@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 78d
Is it some sort of competition who is better friends with that corpse?
PunnyName@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 78d
Herman Cain died in 2020
kokesh@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 78d
So they are friends for real! Cool!
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 77d
Roommates in hell
multifariace@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 76d
Nein! Nein! Nein!
LovelyMover@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 77d
didnt speak back ofc as hes dead...thoughts & prayers talk maybe?
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 77d
Herman Cain is also dead. He was a Covid denier that died of Covid. They spoke together in Hell.
RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 78d
Tacky4092@feddit.org · 3 pts · 77d
Herman Cain been dead since 2020. That's the joke.