• Nollij@sopuli.xyz
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      27 days ago

      It was part of the completely true documentary of his life. The guy who played the late Mr Yankovic seems pretty good. He might have a future in the biz, if only he could find a role in a kids’ fantasy movie.

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      27 days ago

      I think they’re referring to the documentary with Daniel Radcliffe playing him (but I never saw it so I can’t be certain). Apparently Weird Al said they could just write whatever story they wanted about his life or something like that and seemingly they ran with that.

      I generally like Weird Al and his works, but I don’t really get that … Joke? Seems like it makes the “documentary” pretty pointless.

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        27 days ago

        It’s literally a parody of biopics, which now that I think about it is the perfect way to make a Weird Al biopic.

        Also based off a funnyordie video a few years ago with Aaron Paul as Weird Al.