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Close up: it's all too much for Jim Carrey
It's not clever, and it's not funny. Cinema and comedy violence have gone hand in hand for many years and one man – who's dealt out his share of hilarious eyepokes and sidesplitting fingercrushings – has decided to call a halt. Yes, Jim Carrey – the man who wrenched out someone's heart, and handed it back in a doggy bag (in a movie, of course) – took to Twitter to complain that things had gone too far. He was referring specifically to Kick-Ass 2, the sequel to a movie that was, admittedly, well known for his epic levels of comedy ultraviolence. "All good conscience I cannot support that level of violence," wrote Carrey. Of course, he is by no means the first actor to turn on the film he is supposed to be promoting; just look what happened to...