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<em>Brigsby Bear</em> Is a Clever Bit of Fake ’80s Nostalgia

The film, starring and co-written by Kyle Mooney, is a dark ode to the weird obsessions of childhood.
Source: Sony Pictures Classics

In the new movie , James Pope’s favorite TV show is the kind of throwback piece of ’80s children’s entertainment that you could see easily catching on with a new generation. Shown exclusively on low-quality VHS, is a surreal blend of fantasy and educational programming of the sort that used to litter the Saturday morning television landscape. The program sees the magical anthropomorphic bear Brigsby doing battle with an evil wizard in the moon while also teaching multiplication. But the show, and its star, isn’t

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