Accordion Icon ‘Weird Al Yankovics Life Story Is Spoofed In Parody Biopic
Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird" Al Yankovic in Rock's "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story."
"Weird: The Al Yankovic Story," streaming on Roku, aims to do to "Weird" Al Yankovic what the satirical songwriter did to "Walk The Line" to Johnny Cash or "Ray" to Ray Charles. Just funny.
"Walk Hard" takes the autobiographical concept of a music star, more in keeping with parodies of the genre like "Weird" and gives it a "The Naked Gun" or "Plane!" fits perfectly in a style reminiscent of his films. Films from the era of Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrams and David Zucker.
Let's not forget that Yankovic appeared in a guest role in all three "Bare Gun" films.
Yankovic and Appeal co-wrote the film, directed by Funny or Die veteran Eric Appel (and based on a short version of the online trailer they hosted and starring Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul as Yankovic). The beginning of Yankovic's life and career.
Only parody songs are very different from the facts, which seem appropriate for a person who has made a career out of great poetry and accordion talent.
His Distinguished Career - He is the best-selling comedy artist of all time, with five Grammy Awards to his name, and his 2014 release Mandatory Fun was the first comedy album in history to debut at number one on the Billboard Top 200. Future is definitely a solid shot, one of only three artists to have had hits in the Top 40 in each of the past four decades. But it is more interesting that the musician and Apple generously made milestones in his life.
Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic in The Roku Channel's "Weird: The Weird Yankovic Story."
After a media opening with Yankovic performing a quick operation, we meet young Alfie (played by Richard Aaron Anderson) as a child, living with his sensitive and understanding mother Mary (Julianne Nicholson) and his intelligent and experienced father. A frightened Nick (Toby Hoss) explains his job at the local factory and how the job would make him a man if Al would let him "say a word." Note that Spinal Tap has a higher death rate than drums.
Fate intervenes when an accordion salesman (Thomas Lennon) goes door-to-door and is brutally attacked by Nick for tempting young Yankovic with the "evil" instrument, Al's mother secretly buys it for him.
This leads to an even funnier short where he introduces a teenager (David Bloom) to the concept of polka-dot parties, where his skills make him a big hit, at least until the police raid his friend's house.
Soon, we're introduced to old college kid Al (now Daniel Radcliffe, who, though he can't quite get Yankovic's voice, fully embraces the role), parodies his first spoof song, "My Bologna," in a memorable sequence. you think After hearing "The Knack's My Sharona" on the radio, she made sandwiches for her cheerful roommates.
The tone here is pure fun, while poking fun at movies like Bohemian Rhapsody, where popular songs suddenly have dramatic impact.
(Left to right) Quinta Bronson as Oprah Winfrey and Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" Yankovic in "Weird: The Yankovic Story" on The Rock Channel.
Radio DJ Dr. With Demento (Rainn Wilson) and a surprisingly well-run punk club gig, Al doesn't impress the creative music executives (Amusingly Will Forte and Real Yankovic, who are enjoying themselves). insult and criticize his avatar).
From there, events multiply and Yankovic becomes extremely popular, attracting the attention of Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood), who becomes his breezy lover, and his biggest fan, Pablo Escobar (Arturo Castro), who then gets him into trouble.
It's a wild and mystical journey that cuts through every moment and squeezes as much humor out of Yankovic's life as possible with a hilariously ironic narrative. But somehow it seems less absurd than some real life biographies.
Proving to be one of the funniest and most relatable young actors of his post-Harry Potter career, Radcliffe showed off his comedic skills here, donning a curly wig and fake mustache to pull off Al (with help from the real-life version). As for the songs).
Unsympathetic, quick-witted and intelligent, she is overshadowed by Wood, who plays the Susan-era Madonna of the hopeless quest in major roles with skill and an endless supply of bubblegum.
Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna in Roku's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
Real people are usually portrayed by stand-up comedians and comedians, including Quinta Bronson as Oprah Winfrey, Conan O'Brien as Andy Warhol, Akiva Schafer as Alice Cooper, and Jack Black as Jack the Wolfman. Queen's John Deacon (Dastmalchian) challenges Al Demento to perform a new song at a pool party.
The result, like the My Bologna scene, was the spontaneous birth of "Someone Else Gets on the Bus," much to Dicko's embarrassment.
The entertainment value of Weird wanes a bit towards the end as the tone becomes increasingly silly and the wit can't hold a candle to the feature film, but before that it's easily carved out among the brilliant parodies.
Yankovic's descent into a rock scene of booze, drugs, and prototypical sex is all the more amusing when you consider that in real life he's a clean-living vegan and incredibly raised by his late parents.
He's an artist lucky enough to let his imagination run wild, and his career wouldn't be what it was if he didn't succeed on his own terms and not get caught up in such clichés.
We're thankful he found a way to do that, because it makes for a funnier story than some of his songs.
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story gets 3.5 out of 5 stars.
"Strange: The Yankovic Story" from the Roku Channel.
