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Review
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Amazing drama/documentary about Harvey Pekar, a friend of
Robert Crumb's, an all-american shlep who became famous for
his stories about his own personal life and frustrations,
illustrated by Crumb and others. Pekar even appeared on
Letterman several times (before a melt-down on-air), but
never seemed to make enough money to quit his crummy job at
a VA hospital in Cleveland.
The film is an odd combination of dramatized episodes and
actual on screen interviews with Pekar himself and some of
family and friends. The movie tries to make drama out of
his bout with testicular cancer, but the interesting part is
Pekar's own "everyman" experiences, his caustic, irreverent
wit, and the compelling story of how he and his third wife,
"adopted" the daughter of one of his illustrators.
Best double feature with: Crumb.
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