10 Internet Memes And Their Cinematic Counterparts

1. Sudden Clarity Clarence

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Cinematic equivalent: Dave Kujan (Chazz Palminteri) in The Usual Suspects (Spoiler-alert for the two people on the planet who haven€™t seen this film yet. Click €œNext€ now) Sudden Clarity Clarence is that moment you realise something you really should have known all along. That €œlight bulb moment€ when you realise you spent so much time at your grandparent€™s house as a kid, so that your mum and dad could have sex. For its cinematic counterpart, and a nice ending to this list, victim of one of cinema€™s great twist-endings: Dave Kujan in The Usual Suspects. The Usual Suspects employs the familiar narrative device whereby the plot is told in flashback, as narrated by the witness or suspect of a police interrogation. The witness or criminal is Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey), who spins a long and convoluted tale, which Kujan hopes will shed some light on the true identity of mysterious master criminal Keyser Soze. For those of you that didn€™t heed my spoiler-alert, you have probably already deduced that Verbal Kint IS Keyser Soze (perhaps, since spoiler-alerts are themselves spoilers, I ought to have included a spoiler-alert-alert). The truth was literally right in front of Kujan the whole movie. The only way the truth could have been more €œright under his nose€ would be if his own moustache was Keyser Soze.
 
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