By Robert Scucci
| Published 25 seconds ago

As a passionate musician, I have always had a disdain for shows like Behind musicas well as the assault of musical biopics that have tapped the cinema landscape for 20 years. The main reason why I do not like this form of revisionist history is in the number of important details left aside for the rhythm, leaving so many temporary moments throughout the career of an incomplete, open or downright exaggerated artist . Weird: the story of Al YankovicWritten and developed by “Weird Al” Yankovic himself and with Daniel Radcliffe in the titular role, was created with people like me in mind who have tired of the self-aggregating saga of the largest rock star than nature, and viciously lampoons all the kind for the love of the game.

Humble beginnings at the superstom

At the beginning, to set your tone as a serious rock and roll biopic, Weird: the story of Al Yankovic Develops on the humble beginnings of the icon, when her mother, Mary (Julianne Nicholson), secretly buys an accordion from a traveling seller (Thomas Lennon), to the great disapproval of his father, Nick (Toby Huss). Al is far from his parents after his rebellious side manifested himself in the form of a performance during an illegal party, bringing his father to believe that he will never be the pet that he wants He is because his mind was polluted by his love for music.

Living with his roommates years later, AL begins to parody songs he heard on the radio, which degenerate to play in biker bars, and ended up leading to his introduction to his mentor, Dr. Demento (Rainn Wilson). The passion of Al for the original parody of the original polka moves quickly in a full -fledged career as an artist selling multiplatin living a lifestyle of rock and roll excess.

Serve as an edifying tale on the uncontrolled ego that one experiences at the height of their popularity like the many biopics that we have all seen before, Weird: the story of Al Yankovic Capture not only the dazzling climb of the accordion with curly hair, but also the beginning of its fall. While Al is cluster with the fact that he is used by other artists to give a boost to their original songs in the ratings known as “Yankovic Bump”, he promises to cut his teeth as that original composer, resulting in an ox with Michael Jackson It can very well end his career as he knows.

A blatant exaggeration exercise

Weird: the story of Al Yankovic takes each beat that you would find in movies like Rushing Or The dirt And returns them backwards, on the side, throws a few machine guns to make a good measure, and ends up turning into an exaggerated action film where Al Yankovic by Daniel Radcliffe, with torn abs and a look of revenge in his The eyes, must shoot Pablo Escobar (Arturo Castro), who captured the love of his life, Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood) for harmful reasons.

You read it correctly; Weird: the story of Al YankovicLike man, myth, the music of legend itself, is a parody of the highest order which eliminates the piss of each musical biopic with a sense of humor which is so undressed for the jugular. Daniel Radcliffewho recently became one of my favorite actors because of his desire to play bizarre roles, such as the corpse powered by the PET in Swiss army manknew the mission in this film, and so much resembles “Weird Al” Yankovic that you would think they were really linked.

If you are tired of rock stars held on a pedestal for posterity in the form of a dramatic musical biopic, then Weird: the story of Al Yankovic should be the next film you broadcast for free on the Roku channel.