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'Mask'   Will Jamie Kennedy's latest be a big hit or a big bust?
BIRMINGHAM, Mich. -- On one hand, "Son of the Mask" star Jamie
Kennedy knows he has the opportunity to star in a brand-name
sequel, playing a character unlike any he's played before. He
can introduce himself to a new, family audience.  On the other,
there's always the risk of "Dumb &amp; amp; Dumberer."  "I know,
I know," says Kennedy, squirming in a chair in his Birmingham
hotel suite. "I thought about it a long time. But in the end, I
just kept hearing this mysterious voice, saying 'Put on the
mask."'  The special effects, comic book-based comedy "The
Mask," about a bank clerk who becomes a wacky, shape-shifting
superhero when he dons an ancient mask with supernatural power,
was released 11 years ago. It was the movie that solidified the
suspicion that Jim Carrey was