Side Note: I'm thinking of posting all of my future movie reviews in the blog.
The other day, I was in Nashville to pick some family members up from the airport. When I discovered that their flight had been delayed, I decided to go do something.
As you may know, Nashville is one of the most culturally significant cities in the US, being the home of country music and whatnot. Or maybe that's Memphis. Or Dallas. I don't know, I'm not an almanac. Do your own research on Nashville.
Anyways, in the maybe culturally significant metropolis that is Nashville, I did what any tourist would do: I paid 15 bucks to see a movie at Opry Mills. Not in the IMAX theater, the normal one.
The only movie that fit my time constraints was "The Mean One", so I made the regrettable decision to view that.
I entered the film under the impression that the producers had merely ripped off the beloved Christmas story "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". They indeed did this, but the film also seemed a bit... familiar.
In this version, a man dressed in wacky clothing with a constantly changing name attacked homes and, as evidenced by the fact that he tried to murder Deputy Jewish-Sterotype Who just for singing the Dreidel Song, was clearly anti-Semitic, and snapped after the public turned on him. About half an hour in, it dawned on me:
This was probably the weirdest Ye West biopic ever.
My mind scrambled as I attempted to decipher who each character represented in Ye's life. Cindy Lou Who was clearly Kim Kardashian, and I guess that the Jew Who must have been unfunny comedian Pete Davidson. I guess Mayor McBean was an allegory for Nike or Donald Trump. The Sheriff guy was probably, uh, Jay-Z? Yeah, Jay-Z.
Luckily, the movie waited for me to get my bearings. In fact, 90 percent of the movie was filler mixed with Sharknado-level effects, so I had plenty of time.
In all, this was two movies in one: an emotionally charged tragic tale of the decline of one of the most famous musicians of our time, AND an irreverent crappy parody of a beloved children's holiday classic.
