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The thing about the trailer for the new movie WEIRD is that half of it goes under the assumption you don’t know what’s coming — which would only be true in a theater (WEIRD is not a theatrical movie). On the Internet you have to physically go to a site that displays everything about the movie, which you see before you click the Youtube embed. The trailer hypes that you’re about to witness the true story of a musical legend with six platinum albums and five Grammys, while footage of thousands of screaming purple-lighted concert fans plays. I’ve tried my best not to directly mention who turns out to be the subject, but from the title alone, if not the thumbnail, you have probably already guessed…
Yes, Daniel Radcliffe is playing Weird Al, specifically the hairy, pre-LASIK giant glasses variant the world was first introduced to. He doesn’t look like the spitting image, but that’s not the point. Like that Carlin guy I mentioned yesterday. Weird Al is one of the few comedians with...
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