There's Something About Mary
年収1800万ドル(14億8千万円)という事で、ハリウッド女優の中ではランク的には8位というキャメロン・ディアスだがこの女優にはなにかアメリカの政治的メッセージがデビュー以来常に折り込みされているような気がする。格差社会の到来と、その事がもたらす社会の感情生活の屈折と人々を覆い尽くす精神の崩れ方(病理)そのものを描くために「喜劇」を媒介とした隠された政治宣伝とでも言うべきもの。面白いことに「平等に憑かれた人々」の宣言する人権は、つねにワシントン、ニューヨーク、ハリウッドを媒介にした圧倒的な支配構造から繰り出される事になっている。あらかじめ何人も反対し異議を申し立てることが出来ない「人権」や「平等主義」、「人命絶対尊重」をのべつまくなしに下流庶民(家畜、社畜化された大多数の大衆社会)に向けて連射して浴びせかけてくる。その巨大なクラウドの遥か上空に、密かに息を潜めて見降ろすものたちの存在が予兆される。この喜劇映画の寡作に、隠された主題はそんなグローバリストたちの目論見、その力と意思を晒すことにあったのかもしれない。PlotAwkward and shy 16-year-old high-schooler Ted Stroehmann (Ben Stiller) lands a prom date with his dream girl Mary Jensen (Cameron Diaz), only to have it cut short by a painful and embarrassing zipper accident. After the ordeal garners the attention of numerous members of the household and community, Ted is finally carted off to the hospital. He subsequently loses touch with Mary.Thirteen years later, Ted is still in love ? maybe even obsessed ? with Mary. On the advice of his best friend Dom, he hires sleazy private detective Pat Healy to track her down. Healy finds that she is an orthopedic surgeon living in Miami with her friend, Magda, but Healy falls in love with the irresistible Mary as well. Healy resorts to lying, cheating, stalking, and drugging Magda's dog to win Mary but is exposed by Mary's architect friend, Tucker, who is heavily reliant on crutches, and speaks with a posh English accent. Tucker, however, turns out to be a fraud himself, an able-bodied and entirely American pizza boy who is also in love with Mary. Tucker drives potential rivals away by slander, not least of which includes Brett Favre, the famous American football star (playing himself), who Mary almost married.Ted, aided by Dom, drives down to Florida and seems to have won Mary's love, until an anonymous letter exposes his being less than honest about his link to Healy. While Ted confronts Healy and Tucker, Mary is confronted by Dom, who turns out to be her former boyfriend Woogie, who "got weird on her" back in high school, setting up the original prom scenario. Having found out that Tucker also lied about Mary's former love interest, football player Brett Favre, Ted decides that Mary should be with Brett, as Brett was the only one who did not resort to deceit to win Mary. After reuniting Brett and Mary, Ted leaves tearfully but Mary chases after him, preferring him over Brett because she is a 49ers fan.The film concludes with the two engaging in a kiss while a guitarist (Jonathan Richman) who narrates/sings along all the story is accidentally shot by Magda's boyfriend who was trying to shoot Ted so he could win over Mary.