Little was predictable about the Beastie Boys in
their three-plus decades of making music. They
were spontaneous, always evolving, off-the-cuff
pranksters who turned pro without ever losing
the punchline.
Even seeing ahead to the end of a rhyme was
impossible. Their lyrics took circuitous, hysterical
routes. “I’ll stir fry you in my wok/Your knees’ll
start shakin’ and your fingers pop/Like a pinch
on the neck of Mr. Spock.”
So why is “Beastie Boys Story,” a documentary
of Mike Diamond and Adam Horowitz’s staged
show, so predictable? “Beastie Boys Story,” which
arrives Friday on Apple TV-Plus, is billed as a “live
documentary experience.” And with Spike Jonze,
who so memorably directed the Beastie Boys’
“Sabotage” music video presiding over both the
theater show and the film, one could reasonably
expect — whatever “live documentary” means
— something alive. Maybe even something “off
the hook like Latrell Sprewell” or popping “like a
pinch on the neck of Mr. Spock.”
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