• PlasticExistence@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It only initially released on Roku’s streaming service, but I think it’s available elsewhere now.

      It is NOT meant to be historically accurate, which makes it funnier IMO.

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          8 months ago

          Weird Al takes secular pop songs and makes them into wholesome parodies, for his movie he took his wholesome life and made it into a secular drama parody. Loved it and Daniel Radcliffe was perfectly cast.

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        8 months ago

        yea and there’s something about the way the film does it … unless you know going in you could almost be fooled into thinking it’s a serious and accurate biopic (at least for much of the film) … which was really fun to watch … because then there’d be some line or event which is clearly too ridiculous and it all lands but still the mostly serious tone is almost the punch line.

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        It is NOT meant to be historically accurate, which makes it funnier IMO.

        Probably the best stance when dealing with someone like Weird Al