Movie Suggestion - Liar Liar

I suggest that we should watch “Liar Liar” starring Jim Carrey. I have not watched the movie myself but I personally love Jim Carrey for one reason. He is HILARIOUS! But the first thing that attracted me to this movie was the title itself. Among the many plays that we have read, more than half of the plays had some if not many aspects of lies/cheat/deceptions/perjury in them. Some of the plots were even built on lies after lies which caused conflicts and misunderstanding among the characters.

In this movie, the main character Fletcher (Jim Carrey) is a lawyer but he has a habit of giving precedence to his job, breaking promises to his son and his ex-wife Audrey, and then lying about the reasons. Fletcher's compulsive lying has also built him a reputation as one of the best defense lawyers in the state of California as he is climbing the ladder in the firm for which he works.

The most obvious play that could relate to this movie is of course, The Broken Jug. Both the main characters were representatives of the legal field. Their duty was to uphold justice but for different reasons they tell lies to secure their statuses. The Misanthrope also has a tiny aspect of lie when Celimene cheated on Alceste by flirting around behind his back. The Beaver Coat reveals Mrs. Wolff deceptive character towards the people around her by stealing and trying to put the blame on others. The plots were driven by lies which indirectly influenced their respective resolutions.

What if they were all unable to lie? In this movie, Fletcher one day realizes that he is unable to lie, mislead, or even withhold a true answer, which put his career and family relationship at risk. It would be interesting to imagine or discuss how the plots and endings of the plays that we studied would be different if the characters were unable to lie.