Bob Dylan — No More Musician Biopics
Summary
A straphanger rants against musician biopics, calling them "trauma porny Oscar-baity" depictions of tortured geniuses. Then he contradicts himself. He's definitely seeing the new Bob Dylan movie on Christmas Day. Why? "I just like drama." Kareem pushes further: would he want a biopic about himself? "Of course! I'm literally obsessed with myself." The casting choice gets weird fast. John C. Reilly would play him, he decides, and he'd "allow John C. Reilly to play an Arab man if that Arab man were me." His fellow passenger agrees to the same cultural appropriation bargain. They both give Reilly the pass.
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So what's your take? Musician biopics should be illegal? 100% disagree. Those are some of the best movies ever made. I'm so sick of this trope of the trauma porny Oscar-baity biopic that depicts musicians as these tortured geniuses. They are not—they're not.
So you're not going to see the new Bob Dylan one? Probably not. I'm going to see it. Okay, I'm seeing it on Christmas Day.
What do you like about musician biopics? I just—I like drama.
Do you want a biopic made of you? Of course! I'm literally obsessed with myself. Of course I want a biopic about myself. Probably Ramy Youssef or Mike or or John C. Reilly. I think John C. Reilly would play me for sure.
Yeah, you would allow the cultural appropriation? I would allow John C. Reilly to play an Arab man if that Arab man were me.
Who would play you in the biopic? Oh my god. Um, I don't know, probably John C. Reilly. I mean, if you're going to give him the Asian pass, then yeah. If you give him the Arab pass, I'll give him the Asian pass. Give him theirs. You got it.