Netflix’s Mr. Harrigan’s call quotes a dirty joke about stars and screenwriters, but what is that joke and what does it really mean?
Warning: Spoiler for Mr. Harrigan’s Phone.In Mr. Harrigan’s phoneStephen King’s villain asks his young protege to search for obscene jokes about stars and screenwriters online, and the joke speaks to the film’s deeper themes. Mr. Harrigan’s phone Tells the story of Craig (Jaden Martell, who starred in previous Stephen King movie adaptations) It) young man hired to read books to elderly reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. Craig bought Mr. Harrigan an iPhone, and when the old man died, Mr. Harrigan’s spirit used the device to destroy enemies after Craig’s death.
After his death, before starting to contact Craig and haunt him, Mr. Harrigan left the young man a letter and a large sum of money. In the letter, he tells Craig to pursue whatever career he wants, but warns him against writing scripts (a job Craig recently expressed interest in). Harrigan, obsessed with power, had casually told Craig to look up an old joke about screenwriters and stars online, and that being a screenwriter had no power . The joke wasn’t revealed until the end Mr. Harrigan’s phonebut real life jokes are about “The little star is stupid enough to sleep with the scriptwriter‘ Finally, the joke is intended to illustrate that the screenwriter is the least powerful person in Hollywood and builds the film’s theme around Harrigan’s search for power and its primacy in Mr. to reinforce the underlying message of the film.
Why did Mr. Harrigan tell Craig to look for the Starlet Jokes screenwriter
The joke once again illustrates Mr. Harrigan’s view of power. Mr. Harrigan warned Craig not to sacrifice his latent strength to pursue his dreams, but to follow Harrigan’s ruthless pursuit of materialism at the expense of friendship, social life and profit. his own happiness. An impressive Craig believed the script-writing joke and abandoned his career path, providing the earliest evidence that Mr Harrigan can still manipulate his protégé after his death. the old man’s death, while his mentor’s restless spirit carries out gruesome attacks on Craig’s enemies throughout. hanging justice Mr. Harrigan’s phone.
How this joke helped change Craig’s career choice
Craig ends up going to school to study journalism instead of screenwriting, and uses his acquired journalism skills to uncover the truth about Mr. Harrigan’s involvement in Dean Whitmore’s death. While Craig felt that Mr. Harrigan’s ghost was somehow involved, obtaining physical evidence was the last line and led Craig to throw away the dead man’s phone to avoid the temptation to call. back to him. Ironically, it was Craig’s decision to heed Mr. Harrigan’s advice that saved him from the old man’s clutches, because without Mr. Harrigan’s experience, Craig would probably never have determined whether he was Is Whitmore dead or not? reporter.So at the end of the king Mr. Harrigan’s phoneIt was Harrigan’s jokes that indirectly caused his disciples to reject the mighty villain.