keropnt.blogg.se - The incredible burt wonderstone

Elvis Impersonator: One of the Vegas retirees is an old Elvis impersonator playing bingo.

Department of Redundancy Department: "And if you like steakhouses, you'll love Bally's signature steakhouse, Bally's Steakhouse.".

Comically Cross-Eyed: Steve Gray is left a with a humorous cross-eyed look after he drills a hole into his head.

Cleavage Window: Nicole's Lovely Assistant costume has one when she is working for Gray.

Chekhov's Gun: The Cambodian leaves that knock users out for an hour.

However they are able to design a new trick, modernize their act and get their careers back on track. Burt and Anton's act becomes stale and dated and is overshadowed by Steve Gray's Darker and Edgier take on magic.

Butt-Monkey: Anton suffers a lot of abuse.

He destroys that in less than two minutes. He only quit his job and retired because it felt rote and stale, believing that stale feeling would ultimately ruin the show if he forced himself to continue.

Broken Pedestal: Subverted! Burt's idol and inspiration, Rance Holloway, still enjoys magic and pleasing his audience.

Later on when Burt is watching Steve's trick on TV, Anton's face is the only one in the crowd to be pixelated. When Anton asks if he has to sign as well, Steve rudely responds that he can pixelate Anton's face if he wants to.

After Burt and Anton witness Steve's first trick, Steve makes Burt sign a release form allowing his face to be shown on TV.

Brick Joke: Burt's concern with how big a bed has to be in the room he's staying in.

Half the film is spent breaking him down.

Break the Haughty: At the start of the film, Burt's fame has made him an arrogant, entitled Jerkass.Body Horror: Steve's "tricks" involve some sort of self mutilation, culminating with him drilling a hole into his head.Black Comedy: The disappearing audience trick is probably the best example.Once they regain consciousness, they apparently forgot what happened and open the pot to check if it is ready yet and so on.

Amnesia Loop: When Burt and Anton are making Knockout Gas, they open the pot to check if it is ready yet and promptly get knocked out.Early on, when Marvelton mentions that the two have been "magical friends and partners" since they were children, their lighting rig starts shooting rainbow lights across the stage. Wonderstone and Marvelton seem to come off as this trope, just like the act they are parodying, Seigfried and Roy. Accidental Misnaming: As part of Burt's self absorbed nature, he keeps referring to Jane as Nicole (the name of the assistant she replaced) rather then learn her name.For example, "The Burt & Anton Theater" and "Bally's Steakhouse." One can only surmise that the original name for his second casino was "Doug's Casino." A Dog Named "Dog": Creative names are not Doug Munny's strong suit.Things become more complicated with the introduction of a rival street magician named Steve Gray (Carrey), who specializes in shock value illusions. The film is about a successful duo of magicians - Burt Wonderstone (Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Buscemi) - whose careers hit a bump when they have a falling out.