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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

It's not a documentary, it's a fictional biopic

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Thank you for the explanation.