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  • March 28, 2013 5:53 pm
    Is McConaughey 3.0 Here to Stay? According to some website: “Christopher Nolan has offered the male lead of his next film, Interstellar, to Matthew McConaughey” This of course is great news. I yield to no one in McConaughey boosterism and in my delight that the dreck of romantic comedy period is behind him. But I can’t escape the nagging feeling that McConaughey 3.0 is not actually a return to McConaughey 1.0, but a DeNiro-like third act, in which the comedy will depend on mocking and pulling apart his 2.0 persona. Certainly in Magic Mike that was the case. His part in Killer Joe was  flawless, but with the memory of the recent years one couldn’t help but see those hints of self-satire very minutely licking at the edges. The humorlessness of a  Christopher Nolan film is no place for winking self-satire of course, so I really, I’ll admit, have not much legitimate excuse for this concern. Except that he is going so heavily in the opposite direction of light romantic comedy dreck into super-serious, super-dark drama. And it’s impossible to spend too long in the realm of super-serious, and super-dark without looking, well, silly. Which is when people get winking and mawkish. All of which is to say, don’t get too carried away with this dark drama phase McConaughey. Maybe mixing in a romantic comedy or two, as much as the critics will howl, isn’t the worst thing in the world. Matthew McConaughey photo via Shutterstock.

    Is McConaughey 3.0 Here to Stay?

    According : “Christopher Nolan has offered the male lead of his next film, Interstellar, to Matthew McConaughey”

    This of course is great news. I yield to no one in McConaughey boosterism and in my delight that the dreck of romantic comedy period is behind him. But I can’t escape the nagging feeling that McConaughey 3.0 is not actually a return to McConaughey 1.0, but a DeNiro-like third act, in which the comedy will depend on mocking and pulling apart his 2.0 persona.

    Certainly in Magic Mike that was the case. His part in Killer Joe was  flawless, but with the memory of the recent years one couldn’t help but see those hints of self-satire very minutely licking at the edges. The humorlessness of a  Christopher Nolan film is no place for winking self-satire of course, so I really, I’ll admit, have not much legitimate excuse for this concern. Except that he is going so heavily in the opposite direction of light romantic comedy dreck into super-serious, super-dark drama. And it’s impossible to spend too long in the realm of super-serious, and super-dark without looking, well, silly. Which is when people get winking and mawkish.

    All of which is to say, don’t get too carried away with this dark drama phase McConaughey. Maybe mixing in a romantic comedy or two, as much as the critics will howl, isn’t the worst thing in the world.

    Matthew McConaughey photo via Shutterstock.

    8 notes
    1. said: It would be great if Matthew was in a Tom Hardy type role (as in Inception) b/c that would fit Matt’s attitude and winking nature BUT that doesn’t fit his stature. But then again, Matt is best in ensemble roles.
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