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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Charlie's friendly, endearing persona all just an act to hide murderous intentions all along, or is Charlie, in his own twisted way, a genuinely friendly man until his BerserkButtons are pushed and "Madman Mundt" is unleashed? In other words, is he AffablyEvil or FauxAffablyEvil?
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Charlie's friendly, endearing persona all just an act to hide murderous intentions all along, or is Charlie, in his own twisted way, a genuinely friendly man until his BerserkButtons are BerserkButton is pushed and "Madman Mundt" is unleashed? In other words, is he AffablyEvil or FauxAffablyEvil?
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Charlie's friendly, endearing persona all just an act to hide murderous intentions all along, or is Charlie, in his own twisted way, a genuinely friendly man until his BerserkButtons are pushed and "Madman Mundt" is unleashed? In other words, is he AffablyEvil or FauxAffablyEvil?
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** However, it's arguable that his shoddy treatment by Lipnick and he studio at the end is EXACTLY what he deserved.
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* JerkassWoobie: Barton. Sure, he's a smug, condescending jerk convinced of his intellectual and moral superiority. But nothing he did was so terrible as to justify the hell that Charlie put him through.
** However, it's arguable that his shoddy treatment by Lipnick and he studio at the end is EXACTLY what he deserved.
** However, it's arguable that his shoddy treatment by Lipnick and he studio at the end is EXACTLY what he deserved.
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* VillainHasAPoint: Charlie's "Because you don't listen!" remark to Barton. While Barton didn't deserve to have his friends (and perhaps family) murdered, Barton's arrogant and condescending attitude towards the "common man" he pretends to champion make him less than sympathetic.
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* AwardSnub: Similar to most of the Coen films before ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', this was relatively ignored come Oscar time (outside of a few warranted nominations for technical categories like Art Direction along with Best Supporting Actor for Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick). In particular, Creator/JohnTurturro's and Creator/JohnGoodman's performances deserved far more consideration (though Goodman at least scored a Golden Globe nod).
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* AwardSnub: Similar to most of the Coen Creator/TheCoenBrothers' films before ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', this was relatively ignored come Oscar time the UsefulNotes/{{Academy Award}}s (outside of a few warranted nominations for technical categories like Art Direction along with Best Supporting Actor for Michael Lerner Creator/MichaelLerner as Jack Lipnick). In particular, Creator/JohnTurturro's and Creator/JohnGoodman's performances deserved far more consideration (though Goodman at least scored a Golden Globe UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobe nod).
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* DoingItForTheArt: Barton's life of the mind of the common man.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Jack Lipnick at the end. After all, Barton Fink was SUPPOSED to write a screenplay for a wrestling picture, not an angsty drama.]]
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Jack Lipnick at the end. After all, Barton Fink was SUPPOSED to write a screenplay for a wrestling picture, not an angsty drama.]]]]
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Jack [[spoiler:Jack Lipnick at the end.end. After all, Barton Fink was SUPPOSED to write a screenplay for a wrestling picture, not an angsty drama.]]
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* AwardSnub: Similar to most of the Coen films before ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', this was relatively ignored come Oscar time (outside of a few warranted nominations for technical categories like Art Direction along with Best Supporting Actor for Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick). In particular, John Turturro's and Creator/JohnGoodman's performances deserved far more consideration (though Goodman at least scored a Golden Globe nod).
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* AwardSnub: Similar to most of the Coen films before ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', this was relatively ignored come Oscar time (outside of a few warranted nominations for technical categories like Art Direction along with Best Supporting Actor for Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick). In particular, John Turturro's Creator/JohnTurturro's and Creator/JohnGoodman's performances deserved far more consideration (though Goodman at least scored a Golden Globe nod).
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Much of Barton and Charlie's dialog just makes you feel fuzzy. [[spoiler: It all goes down the drain after TheReveal, however.]]
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* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Much of Barton and Charlie's dialog just makes you feel fuzzy. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It all goes down the drain after TheReveal, however.]]
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* RootingForTheEmpire: Charlie Meadows, of all people
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**When they first meet, Charlie offers to buy Barton a drink. Some critics noted that the phrase sounds as a typical pick-up line.
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: The further you get into the movie, the less you can believe it's meant to be taken literally.
* HilariousInHindsight: Scenes with Barton and producer Ben Geisler are funnier once you realize it's an interaction between [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian and Ambrose Monk]] years before that show even was produced.
* HilariousInHindsight: Scenes with Barton and producer Ben Geisler are funnier once you realize it's an interaction between [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian and Ambrose Monk]] years before that show even was produced.
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: The further you get into the movie, the less you can believe it's it is meant to be taken literally.
* HilariousInHindsight: Scenes with Barton and producer Ben Geisler are funnier once you realizeit's it is an interaction between [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian and Ambrose Monk]] years before that show even was produced.
* HilariousInHindsight: Scenes with Barton and producer Ben Geisler are funnier once you realize
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* LeFilmArtistique
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* AwardSnub: Similar to most of the Coen films before ''Fargo'', ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', this was relatively ignored come Oscar time (outside of a few warranted nominations for technical categories like Art Direction along with Best Supporting Actor for Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick). In particular, John Turturro's and John Goodman's Creator/JohnGoodman's performances deserved far more consideration (though Goodman at least scored a Golden Globe nod).
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* ThrowItIn: The bird diving at the end wasn't planned.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Jack Lipnick at the end.
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* NightmareFuel: You commit some incredibly minor offense against someone, such as a noise complaint. [[spoiler:By an unfortunate coincidence, this individual turns out to be a complete psychopath who proceeds to methodically murder everyone you know in revenge while simultaneously posing as your friend.]]
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* AwardSnub: Similar to most of the Coen films before ''Fargo'', this was relatively ignored come Oscar time (outside of a few warranted nominations for technical categories like Art Direction).Direction along with Best Supporting Actor for Michael Lerner as Jack Lipnick). In particular, John Turturro's and John Goodman's performances deserved far more consideration (though Goodman at least scored a Golden Globe nod).
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* HilariousInHindsight: Scenes with Barton and producer Ben Geisler are funnier once you realize it's an interaction between [[Series/{{Monk}} Adrian and Ambrose Monk]] years before that show even was produced.
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* HoYay: Barton denies that his relation ship with Charlie was some sort of sex thing, claiming that they just wrestled.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Much of Barton and Charlie's dialog just makes you feel fuzzy. [[spoiler: It all goes down the drain after TheReveal, however.]]
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: The further you get into the movie, the less you can believe it's meant to be taken literally.
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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: The further you get into the movie, the less you can believe it's meant to be taken literally.
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Much of Barton and Charlie's dialog just makes you feel fuzzy. [[spoiler: It all goes down the drain after TheReveal, however.]]
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: The further you get into the movie, the less you can believe it's meant to be taken literally.]]
* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Much of Barton and Charlie's dialog just makes you feel fuzzy. [[spoiler: It all goes down the drain after TheReveal, however.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: The further you get into the movie, the less you can believe it's meant to be taken literally.
