Netflix has released the first trailer for“Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald,”a documentary directed by Judd Apatow that arrives on the platform October 16th. The film is assembled entirely from archival footage, personal photos, and rare home videos contributed by fans and friends, allowing Macdonald’s story to be told in his own voice.
For anyone who grew up on his Saturday Night Live run or his starring turn in“Dirty Work,”the approach makes perfect sense. Macdonald’s comedy was always about the delivery, the pause, the turn you didn’t see coming, so a documentary without a narrator explaining him to us feels like the most honest way to capture who he was. Apatow has called it an intimate portrait of one of comedy’s most singular voices.
The project is also one of four Netflix documentaries landing in October that celebrate classic comedians, so there’s plenty more where this came from. Macdonald’s influence on stand-up and television comedy remains unmatched, and this film gives fans a fresh, personal look at his life and legacy.
Which classic comedian would you want to see get the documentary treatment next?
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