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Critics beware

Without question,听The Room is one of the worst movies ever made.听But curiously, the film is beloved by a cult fanbase for its awkward script, horrible acting, and numerous production oddities. The focal point of The Room is director and star Tommy Wiseau, whose bizarre usage of language continues to amuse (and confuse) audiences today.

Throughout the film, he utters countless phrases that have become popular language tropes. Let’s explore the hilarity of the language miscues that run rampant throughout The Room.

“You are tearing me apart, Lisa!” is perhaps the most famous utterance from The Room.听It punctuates a dramatic moment in which Johnny (the main character played by Wiseau) confronts his 蹿颈补苍肠茅 about her numerous deceptions. Fans adore this phrase because it’s explosively melodramatic and cheesy鈥攁 perfect description of the film, actually.

According to听The Disaster Artist听(a book written about听The Room‘s production), Wiseau drew inspiration from James Dean’s iconic performance in听Rebel Without a Cause.听Wiseau payed homage to Dean (or just completely ripped him off) by abruptly screaming “You are tearing me apart!” in a similar (but worse) style.

In one memorable scene, Johnny yells out “Everybody betray me!” after losing his听蹿颈补苍肠茅 to his treacherous best friend. However, the dramatic declaration falls flat because of its awkward sound quality and horrible lip-synching.

Which leads us to one of the strangest aspects of the movie: the听frequent usage of a filmmaking technique known as dubbing. Throughout听The Room,听Wiseau dubs several of his lines (in amateurish fashion). This was probably a misguided attempt to improve his speech in post-production (which is infamously difficult to understand).

As with most of the cringeworthy uses of language in听The Room, this line crashes and burns for several reasons. Where to start?

It’s the victim of another nightmarish attempt at dubbing, which leaves听Wiseau sounding like an alien. The scriptwriting places sentences in a strange order and repeats words unnecessarily: “I did not hit her, it’s not true! It’s bullshit! I did not hit her! I did not.” And so, even though the scene was written to show Johnny’s frustration, it ended up leaving audiences doubled-over with laughter.

Quickly following on the heels of “I did not hit her,” Johnny utters another of听The Room‘s听signature lines. Milliseconds after concluding his furious rant, he acknowledges his best friend by exclaiming “Oh, hi Mark!”

Here, Wiseau’s rapid switch of tone听adds comedy to this strange moment. First, he’s darkly muttering to himself about domestic violence, and then suddenly he’s delighted to spot his friend. The extreme switch in moods is good for a chuckle.

In this scene, which takes place over the course of about fifteen-seconds, Johnny has a rapid-fire conversation with a florist that results in her saying,”You’re my favorite customer.” Simply put: No human interaction on earth sounds like this jaw-dropping exchange. Scenes like this have contributed to the persistent theory that Tommy Wiseau is not from this world.

And so, the comedic effect here: unrealistic dialogue (complimented by poor acting).

The Room‘s central conflict听is the traumatic breakup between Johnny and Lisa. But strangely, the words 蹿颈补苍肠茅 or engagement are never uttered in the film.听Rather, the terms future wife or future husband are awkwardly used to describe their relationship status.

It appears Wiseau simply didn’t know the words听蹿颈补苍肠茅听or 蹿颈补苍肠茅e while writing his screenplay, so he made up his own!

A common critique of听The Room‘s script is the film’s heavy reliance on听

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catch phrases and generic, clunky dialogue. Characters tend to repeat themselves often and for no apparent reason.

Some fans are particularly tickled by Mark’s conflicted (and numerous) references to Johnny as his best friend. In multiple scenes depicting Mark’s affair with Lisa, he nervously mentions this close bond with Johnny. Awkward!