Behind the Mask

Our repressed double has taken on daemonic shapes.

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By Audrey Schmidt

Issue 5, Winter/Spring 2026

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Images of Jim Carrey’s inexplicably bloated face at the February 2026 César Awards sparked an explosion of online claims that the actor had been replaced with a clone. Despite the temptation to label this another manifestation of the impossible beauty standards imposed on straight men drawn into a world of looksmaxxing and mogging, the uncanny rubber face staring back at us hints at an Illuminati quagmire.

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Issue 5 (Winter/Spring 2026), Marc Kokopeli Focus

Audrey Schmidt is a writer, founding editor of Memo and Melbourne Personality.

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51st Cesar Ceremony Jim Carrey with the Honorary Cesar Award during 51st Cesar Film Awards held at l Olympia on February 26, 2026, in Paris, France. Photo by Nasser Berzane ABACAPRESS.COM Paris France Copyright: BerzanexNasser ABACA.

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