Patton Oswalt, left, with Kevin Corrigan, in Big Fan, by the writer of The Wrestler.If it hasn't already, August should be renamed "Patton Oswalt Month." In the span of just one week, he's given us a new Comedy Central stand-up special, My Weakness Is Strong (already available on CD and DVD), and a feature film called Big Fan, opening today in New York and Philadelphia (and everywhere else in September), in which he plays that most unlikely of things, at least for those familiar with Patton's oeuvre: a guy who gives a shit about sports. If that's not enough Patton Oswalt for you and you live in Los Angeles, you can see him perform tomorrow night at the New Largo nightclub, where his legion of fans will likely be mouthing along to the bits they've already memorized from My Weakness Is Strong. It's an embarrassment of riches from one...
- 8/28/2009
- Vanity Fair
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