The Cable Guy at 25: Ben Stiller's Still-Stellar Satire of Media-Obsessed Gen-Xers - Slant Magazine
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Ben Stiller Stiller had a taste for satire, and with The Cable Guy his strides toward more serious comedy grew more ambitious.
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The Cable Guy at 25: Ben Stiller's Still-Stellar Satire of Media-Obsessed Gen-Xers - Slant Magazine
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