5. "Oh, Billy"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvnY5Uwd6A By this point in the film, Broderick's Steven Kovacs is experiencing the full brunt of Chip's retaliation against him. Hell hath no fury like a psycho scorned, it seems. Part of the abuse Steven receives at the hands of Chip is some quality time in the pokey, thanks to trumped up stolen property charges. After it is assumed that Steven has been physically and mentally abused in the big house, he gets a meeting with his lawyer to discuss how he can get out. Imagine Steven's surprise when he sit's behind the glass and Mr. Crazy Cable Guy is there impersonating a lawyer, further tormenting Steven in his already aggravated state. This is admittedly one of the darker moments of the film, (even invoking a moment from Midnight Express as self-consciously stated by Carrey's Chip) but Carrey still finds a way to make it funny. With the way Chip is able to infiltrate secure places with his "friends on the inside", It almost seems like Steven is no longer going up against a single person, but a force. Chip is a heavily connected, media influenced psychotic man. There seems to be no end to Chip's...Larry Tate's reach, and it looks as if things are going to get a lot worse for Steven before they get any better.
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