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‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ Review: The Lonely Island Makes ‘Spinal Tap: The Next Generation’
‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ Review: The Lonely Island Makes ‘Spinal Tap: The Next Generation’
‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ Review: The Lonely Island Makes ‘Spinal Tap: The Next Generation’
It’s been more than 30 years since This Is Spinal Tap hilariously mocked the pop music scene and launched the mockumentary subgenre. If there can be such a thing as a “spiritual remake” of an old movie, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is it. It takes the same basic structure as Spinal Tap (a fake documentary about life in the music industry) and its narrative framework (a formerly hot pop acts fall from grace) and layers in a whole new generation of jokes about dopey celebrities in the age of social media. It doesn’t break any new ground, and it might not even be its creators’ most effective satire of this subject, but it is funny.
The Lonely Island and Special Guests Rock the Emmys [VIDEO]
The Lonely Island and Special Guests Rock the Emmys [VIDEO]
The Lonely Island and Special Guests Rock the Emmys [VIDEO]
Andy Samberg’s rap parody trio The Lonely Island brought their raunchy brand of late night humor to a primetime audience during last night’s Emmys, performing a medley of their songs with old collaborators Michael Bolton and Akon and special guests Ed Helms, John Stamos and Maya Rudolph. However, as you can see from the video below, it was actor and audience member William H. Macy who really upsta