Down to clown? The biopic spoof Weird is a glorified Funny or Die sketch
The crowd last night at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, which the internet tells me is the oldest regularly operating live theatrical venue on the continent, howled through just about every minute of the midnight premiere ofWeird: The Al Yankovic Story. Now, I’m not here to yuck anyone’s yum. One man’s “well, that was just plain stupid” can always be another’sDare to Be Stupid. But I might gently suggest that there wasn’t a lotWeirdcould have done to leavethisaudience stone-faced....