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Jim Carrey has made a straight-to-YouTube video. And it's not funny at all.
The actor-comedian - in rare serious mode - appears in a new public service announcement on behalf of the Human Rights Action Centre and the US Campaign for Burma. The goal: To free Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been confined by the Burmese Government for 11 of the past 17 years.
"Even though she's compared with a modern-day Gandhi or Nelson Mandela, most people in America still don't know about Aung San," Carrey says in the filmed message, posted on YouTube. "And let's face it: the name's a little difficult to remember. Here's how I did it: Aung San sounds a lot like 'unsung,' as in unsung hero. Aung San Suu Kyi is truly an unsung hero."
