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‘Dumb And Dumber To’ – aptly titled! (Movie Review)
Film: “Dumb And Dumber To”; Cast: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Rob Riggle, Laurie Holden, Rachel Melvin, Steve Tom, Kathleen Turner; Directors: Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly; Rating: *1/2
“Dumb and Dumber Three!” is what you will wait for if you like moronic humour. Yes, the idiosyncrasies in “Dumb and Dumber to” grow on you, while watching this film. You’ll smile, chuckle and fantasise, as to what the next franchise will offer? For honestly, your mind can never settle on this film, it’s too dumb to ingest.
This edition that comes 20 years after its predecessor is a poor show. The look, feel and antics of the rubber faced duo dummies Lloyd (Jim Carrey) and Harry (Jeff Daniels) in this film seem to have hit the screen a little too late.
The narration takes off from where it left in “Dumb and Dumber”. After Lloyd is rejected by Mary Swanson, he goes into a coma. The film remains in suspended animation for two decades with Harry faithfully visiting him, at the institution on a weekly basis, to pamper him.
Over a period of time, Harry has his own medical issues. He needs a kidney transplant. So when he reveals his predicament to Lloyd, he realises that his friend was pretending to be in coma all along only for a gag!
Now jokes aside, the issue is serious and the duo gear up to find a kidney for Harry. Their only solution is to find a genetic match to enable the transplant.
Their journey leads them through a long convoluted route which includes revisiting Harry’s old foster parents, friends and their long-lost love Fraida Flecher (Kathaleen Turner) who wrote to Harry years back informing him that she was pregnant with his child Fanny Felcher (Rachel Melvin) also known as Penny Pinchelow.
Laced with sub-plots that include a bit of romance and suspense, along with an assassination conspiracy, the gags are passable, and ultimately underwhelming.
What keeps you glued to the seat are the straight-laced performances and anticipation for the funny-bone to tickle. Though independently Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels are brilliant actors, their on-screen chemistry now feels jaded. Playing clueless, nitwit grownups stirring a raging sea of stupidity, their once radiant lustre is now missing.
Rachel Melvin as the dumb daughter Penny adds some bright spark to the otherwise witless comedy.
Given that the original film’s stars, directors and screenwriter all contribute to this new installment, you would expect the outcome to be brilliant. But instead, what you get is a disgusting display of deprived and vulgar recycled gags onscreen which make you chuckle sporadically and keep you wondering if they’ll ever dare make another edition of the series with an equally retarded title – “Dumb and Dumber Three!”
International online casino Casino Days has published a report sharing their internal data on what types and brands of devices are used to play on the platform by users from the South Asian region.
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The insights gained through the research also help Casino Days tailor their services based on the better understanding of their clients and their needs.
Desktops and Tablets Lose the Battle vs Mobile
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“Some of the reasons behind this massive difference in device type are affordability, technical advantages, as well as cheaper and more obtainable internet plans for mobiles than those for computers,” the researchers comment.
Xiaomi and Vivo Outperform Samsung, Apple Way Down in Rankings
Chinese brands Xiaomi and Vivo were used by 21.9% and 20.79% of Casino Days players from South Asia respectively, and together with the positioned in third place with a 18.1% share South Korean brand Samsung dominate the market among real money gamers in the region.
Cupertino, California-based Apple is way down in seventh with a user share of just 2.29%, overshadowed by Chinese brands Realme (11.43%), OPPO (11.23%), and OnePlus (4.07%).
Huawei is at the very bottom of the chart with a tiny share just below the single percent mark, trailing behind mobile devices by Motorola, Google, and Infinix.
The data on actual phone usage provided by Casino Days, even though limited to the gaming parts of the population of South Asia, paints a different picture from global statistics on smartphone shipments by vendors.
Apple and Samsung have been sharing the worldwide lead for over a decade, while current regional leader Xiaomi secured their third position globally just a couple of years ago.
Striking Android Dominance among South Asian Real Money Gaming Communities
The shifted market share patterns of the world’s top smartphone brands in South Asia observed by the Casino Days research paper reveal a striking dominance of Android devices at the expense of iOS-powered phones.
On the global level, Android enjoys a comfortable lead with a sizable 68.79% share which grows to nearly 79% when we look at the whole continent of Asia. The data on South Asian real money gaming communities suggests that Android’s dominance grows even higher and is north of the 90% mark.
Among the major factors behind these figures, the authors of the study point to the relative affordability of and greater availability of Android devices in the region, especially when manufactured locally in countries like India and Vietnam.
“And, with influencers and tech reviews putting emphasis on Android devices, the choice of mobile phone brand and OS becomes easy; Android has a much wider range of products and caters to the Asian online casino market in ways that Apple can’t due to technical limitations,” the researchers add.
The far better integration achieved by Google Pay compared to its counterpart Apple Pay has also played a crucial role in shaping the existing smartphone market trends.
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