Fool's Paradise and The Corporate Product Biopic Trend
| "Fool's Paradise and The Corporate Product Biopic Trend" | |
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| Half in the Bag episode | |
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| Episode no. | Episode 223 |
| Cast | |
| Editing by | Jay Bauman |
| Couch Gag | Footage of Ray Liota being mauled by bears in Cocaine Bear, overlaid with the text "In memory of Ray Liota" |
| Link | www |
| Original release date | June 16, 2023 |
You created an $850 shoe! Good job!—Jay
Fool’s Paradise and The Corporate Product Biopic Trend, the 223rd episode of Half in the Bag, is an analysis of the Charlie Day comedy Fool’s Paradise, and the general trend of biopics as a popular genre.
Mike has come up with a new method to make some cash at the Lightning Fast VCR Repair shop: rewinding people’s VHS tapes. Unfortunately, his client has sent Betamax tapes that he can’t rewind automatically. Jay suggests selling bootleg copies of films that have been censored or changed when rereleased on DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming.
Description
[edit | edit source]Charlie Day from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia wrote, directed, and starred in a movie that just came out that you’ve never heard about! Is this gigantic flop as bad as it’s Rotten Tomatoes score would suggest? Also WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THE RUBIK’S CUBE MOVIE???
Remarks
[edit | edit source]One of the reviews Jay reads is about a “Cleopatra black wanna be”. This refers to the Netflix African Queens controversy where people reacted poorly to an English-Jamaican portraying an Egyptian.
Themes
[edit | edit source]This review begins with Jay reading YouTube comments. Additionally, Mike reads 5 star reviews of Fool’s Paradise.
The discussion of corporatized biopics is reminiscent of RLM’s disdain for the modern theater system.
Previously On
[edit | edit source]Mike and Jay previously discussed their take on Freddy Got Fingered on re:View.