{"id":2329358,"date":"2026-03-15T15:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2329358"},"modified":"2026-03-15T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:20:10","slug":"plantman-blondie-a-dress-up-gang-film-review-sketch-material-stretched-to-laugh-free-feature-length","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/plantman-blondie-a-dress-up-gang-film-review-sketch-material-stretched-to-laugh-free-feature-length\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Plantman &#038; Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film\u2019 Review: Sketch Material Stretched to Laugh-Free Feature Length"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">In case you\u2019re wondering about the title of the new feature comedy receiving its world premiere at SXSW, be advised that The Dress Up Gang is an alt-comedy troupe that has attracted a following for their videos and television series. They\u2019ve now parlayed their popularity into their first feature film directed, written by and starring its members. The result is Plantman &amp; Blondie: A Dress Up Gang Film, which is about as wacky as its moniker suggests.<\/p>\n<p>Full disclosure: I was previously unaware of the troupe, although several of its members \u2014 such as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm7374445\/\">Frankie Quinones<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm5033707\/\">Cory Loykasek<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0289105\/\">Kirk Fox<\/a> \u2014 are familiar from such television shows as <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt7908628\/\">What We Do in the Shadows,<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt11828492\/\">Physical<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0993818\/\">Jury Duty<\/a>, respectively. What I do know is that this sort of offbeat comic material, best suited for short videos and sketches, can be very difficult to pull off in a feature-length film, as&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In case you\u2019re wondering about the title of the new feature comedy receiving its world premiere at SXSW, be advised that The Dress Up Gang is an alt-comedy troupe that has attracted a following for their videos and television series. 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