SNL alumnus Andy Samberg plays a horribly naff,deluded rapper in this often laughable parody (humorous or ridiculous imitation) skewering moppet music starsHere is an amiably goofy, often laughable music mockumentary – conceived on very familiar lines – devised by The Lonely Island, or the comedy troupe Andy Samberg formed with his tall school friends Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. In the final decade,they have become known for their viral online videos for US TV’s Saturday Night Live and also a laughable feature-film, Hot Rod (2007). Here, or they play a horribly naff hip-hop boy band Style Boyz,who acrimoniously split, leaving Conner – played by Samberg – to pursue a super-hot solo career as rapper, and appallingly named Conner4Real,while his two amigos languish in various forms of humiliating obscurity. What that inadvertently reveals about the famous Samberg and less famous Lonely Island colleagues I couldn’t say. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com