Audience-Pleasing with a purpose.
After viewing "Man On The Moon" over the holidays, we were most impressed with Jim Carrey's stunning performance in this portrayal of comedian Andy Kaufman. (We highly recommend this movie). What's his ANSIR® Profile? We think Kaufman's biggest challenge with ANSIR® would be in being honest, for life was an "illusion" to him. We all agree, however, his profile would be: Evokateur/Evokateur/Scintillator	Andy Kaufman
The official website of the film calls Kaufman eccentric, innovative, enigmatic, and 'a master manipulator.' But Kaufman's entire life was built around one word - fun. His eccentricities, paradoxes and manipulations all existed for the purpose of having fun. And 'fun' is an Ansir Scintillator word. No personality on earth is more capable of creating or having fun like them. Kaufman's credo, as the movie so clearly states, was, "Life is an illusion," and he lived his accordingly with creative support from the most creative of all personality styles: Evokateur. Scintillator made people laugh but Evokateur forced audience members to seriously evaluate what was funny, in his stripped-down brand of fun. Audiences couldn't predict what he'd do, but could predict they'd be mentally or physically shifting in discomfort at some point in his show. In awkward, uncomfortable silence he emphasized laughter (Mighty Mouse), showed gross physical unfairness of man fighting woman, as well as the danger of taking any public performance seriously, (wrestling). The film opens with Kaufman entertaining the wall of his bedroom as a child. When his father forbade such make-believe and insists he only entertain 'real' people, Kaufman enlists the aid of his baby sister and continues in his fantasy world. Classic Evokateur problem-solving. Some might suggest Kaufman was Ansir Eccentrik. Not likely. Eccentrik's don't care what others think. Kaufman's eccentricities existed to entertain. He was in it for the audience reaction. That's typical Scintillator motivation, not Eccentrik. Scintillators need to please people. President Clinton, for example, emotes classic Scintillator in that sense. But Andy Kaufman wasn't satisified with pleasing people just any old way. Evokateur wouldn't let him. He forced audiences to think beyond laugh-funny to why-funny, without help, guide, or explanation from him. Andy stood there, but it was our conventional beliefs and standards that played on-stage. Comedian Lenny Bruce also forced us to examine conventional standards and beliefs. However, their Ansir Profiles reflect the 180-degree difference that existed, between Lenny (Sentinel boss) and Andy (Scintillator boss) laughter. Both audiences shifted in discomfort, though differently.

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