Structurally, the short film, “The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island,” is remarkably similar to the feature version. It’s only 20 minutes long, but many of the story beats and even jokes and lines of dialogue are exactly the same, so it’s a fascinating thing to watch the story be expanded and see a new character (Carey Mulligan’s Nell) added to the narrative.
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I recently sat down over Zoom with Tim Key and Tom Basden, who wrote and star in both…