Cage’s work may not be consistently exceptional, but there are undeniable flashes of mercurial brilliance in the wild oscillations of his career. While this ascent to critical acclaim might contradict Cage’s popular perception, it actually represents a significant return to form for the actor. Lauded by critics, on October 4th Neon officially announced that Cage would be receiving an Oscar push for his role. One driven by the veteran actor’s unexpectedly delicate and devastating performance. Rather than the unoriginal and hyper-violent revenge tale implied by Cage’s mainstream image, the film is a stubbornly gentle emotional odyssey. This shallow viral persona conceals what is, in reality, an incredibly talented and nuanced artist-a misrepresentation that Pig embraces and subverts beautifully. Merchandised and memed to death, Cage has been distilled into a one-dimensional caricature-one that is modeled after a cherry-picked selection of films out of his expansive, and surprisingly comprehensive, catalogue. With that pervasiveness throughout popular culture however, Cage’s image has also become calcified. His volatile deliveries and exaggerated, bordering-on-comical expressionality have rocketed Cage to internet infamy, where his face has become virtually inescapable. And at the center of these magnificent trainwrecks are Cage’s distinctly erratic performances. From Vampire’s Kiss to Face/Off to The Wicker Man, Cage has been the star of more than a few very memorable cinematic misfires. In popular culture, Nicolas Cage is seen as a bit of a novelty rather than a serious artist.
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