JuddApatow's comedy TheBubble delivers the ensemble-driven meta parody of pandemic-era Hollywood we didn't know we wanted.
The coronavirus pandemic changed a lot about the movie business, but it also gave Hollywood plenty of story ideas. From COVID-inspired thriller Songbird to heist adventure Locked Down, the threat of COVID-19 left an impression on cinema that’s gone beyond studios’ scheduling woes.
Playing veterans of the movie-within-a-movie Cliff Beasts franchise are Karen Gillan, David Duchovny, Leslie Mann, Keegan-Michael Key, and Guz Khan, while Iris Apatow and The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal portray new actors joining the franchise for its next chapter. Portlandia‘s Fred Armisen is the director of the fictional franchise film, helming the double-colon production Cliff Beasts 6: The Battle for Everest: Memories of the Requiem.
The Bubble works well as a parody of pandemic life, exaggerated for comedic effect through the microcosm of the actors’ experiences on Cliff Beasts 6, but it’s just as effective when it targets Hollywood and its sequel obsession, out-of-touch celebrity culture, and a myriad of other elements. Anyone who’s spent time on film sets will find plenty of familiar humor in the dynamic between the personalities behind the camera and in front of it .
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