Backstage at Thalia Hall after their live show last month (read my
Chicago Tribune review
of "Kyle Mooney Live" for more on that) co-writer/star Kyle Mooney and
director Dave McCary sat down to talk about their debut film "Brigsby
Bear," which hits Chicago theaters August 4th.
It's
a virtually unclassifiable mix of drama, comedy, sci-fi, coming-of-age
and general feel-goodness. It's also better to know less about it going
in, which is why the trailer is essentially just a teaser:
Zach Freeman: Why do a live tour now?
Dave McCary: We enjoy it.
Kyle Mooney: It’s not something I - or we - do a ton of these days.
Good Neighbor
used to perform a decent amount. But we haven’t done anything like this
since we’ve been on “SNL” so there’s a new audience with that. The
videos - Good Neighbor videos - they’ve grown in cultish status over
time so it felt good to do something and hopefully reach out to those
fans that maybe like our videos and want to see us liv…