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Which is of course a very Weird Al thing to do.
The insistence itself serves as the disclaimer.
He pivots to writing his own original songs, which are so huge that big artists start parodyinghim.
Then he spirals into alcoholism and violence and self-importance, as one does.
All along, he still yearns for his stern fathers love.
It of course makes sense that a Weird Al biopic would simply be a spoof of other music biopics.
What if his parents were stridently unsupportive of his chosen profession?
What if his father had a psychopathic hatred of accordions?
What if he succumbed to fame and addiction?
What if Pablo Escobar was creepily obsessed with him?
What if he had a lengthy affair with Madonna?
Its funny on paper, I guess.
And some of it is funny in execution.
The film is a Funny or Die production, which is perhaps why it never transcends its sketch-comedy DNA.
That said, Daniel Radcliffe certainly impresses with his commitment to the role.
The problem withWeirdis that its just … not that weird.
you might recognize echoes of other comedies Zoolander,Anchorman,Talladega Nights, etc.
not all of which were even all that original in the first place.
As a result, one keeps wanting the picture to go in stranger and bolder directions.
But is that really all that weird?
Weve had even more action spoofs than weve had biopic spoofs, no?
Among the things that made Weird Als songs so special were their ingenuity and unpredictability.
Over and over, he surprised you with his rhymes and with the options of his parodies.
Remember, the original songs he was poking fun at were massive hits.
But Weird Al was smarter than us, at every turn.
