M. Night Shyamalan's Joke Frasier Theory Is Secretly Perfect
M. Night Shyamalan once shared a Frasier fan theory that secretly works, even if it was intended as a joke at the time. Speaking with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in 2019 while promoting his film Glass, Shyamalan jokingly shared the way in which Frasier supposedly influenced his career. According to Shyamalan, "the Orwellian, dystopian themes of Frasier" directly feed into his own work, serving as the basis for his entire catalog of mind-bending thrillers.
The director's interesting Frasier theory apparently links the beloved sitcom to M. Night Shyamalan's movies and their plot twists by drawing a parallel between his own narrative quirks and the supposed underlying Orwellian themes of Frasier. According to Shyamalan, Frasier moving to Seattle in 1993 is significant, as it was around the same time that the city became home to the fledgling Amazon company. Shyamalan's theory links Frasier's radio show to Amazon by alleging that one used the other as a means of surveillance.
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Of course, the theory itself is deliberately ridiculous, but it bears just enough conspiracy and coincidence to sound vaguely plausible. Not only does it strike an interesting chord regarding a potential nefarious purpose behind Frasier, but it also works on multiple levels: the theory itself pokes fun at avid fan-theorists, and capitalizes on Frasier's surprising cult status. Shyamalan also managed to make the theory/joke mostly at his own expense, and his reputation as a filmmaker makes the theory all the more interesting.
Not only did Frasier's radio show allow for celebrity voice cameos, but according to Shyamalan's theory, it also allowed the titular psychiatrist to
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