# Michael Cera=Comedy GOLD

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cera-comedy-gold/406649>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 4, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cera-comedy-gold/406649 "2007-06-04T03:47:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cera-comedy-gold/406649/21 "2008-08-06T04:22:59Z")

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[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder]  
Nope. Genius is relevant.  
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Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds at age 24. That is genius. Hell, even creating Pet Sounds at all is genius, let alone at a young age.

Michael Cera? Uhm. As much as I like the guy, that’s much too big of a word to describe him by.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cera-comedy-gold/406649/22 "2008-08-06T04:32:52Z")

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[QUOTE=cactus waltz]  
Brian Wilson recorded Pet Sounds at age 24. That is genius. Hell, even creating Pet Sounds at all is genius, let alone at a young age.

Michael Cera? Uhm. As much as I like the guy, that’s much too big of a word to describe him by.  
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Apples and oranges. That’s like saying Brian Wilson’s not a genius because he didn’t paint the Sistine Chapel.

But whatever, I’m content with merely calling him “extremely talented.”

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**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cera-comedy-gold/406649/23 "2008-08-06T04:36:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder]  
Apples and oranges. That’s like saying Brian Wilson’s not a genius because he didn’t paint the Sistine Chapel.

But whatever, I’m content with merely calling him “extremely talented.”  
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That’s fine by me. I always felt like there should be some mid-level word for the semi-geniuses of the world. For old people who has worked long and hard for their recognition, there is always “maestro”.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-cera-comedy-gold/406649/24 "2008-08-06T05:25:10Z")

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I probably would’ve agreed with the OP at the time it was posted but since then I’ve realized that Michael Cera is not a good actor. He just happened to be perfect for the part of George Michael. The boy has no range whatsoever. And Superbad was Supermediocre.

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