Your Grandma Will Love This CITIZEN TWAIN Tour Trailer

I'm sure you all have some familiarity with Val Kilmer's Mark Twain one man show, Citizen Twain. I've read interviews with him on the subject and seen a few pictures of him in costume, but until he tweeted this ad for some upcoming tour dates, I'd never actually seen what his performance consisted of.

I would totally pay money to see this. A lot of money, actually. But I also sense no small amount of the same awkward under-comedy that makes me such a big Madea fan. Excluding the "Twain-wreck" pun at the very beginning, none of these jokes rise above bald hokeyness and run of the mill Twain-isms. But I've watched it four times now regardless.

On top of that, there's Kilmer himself, who has gone from a heartthrob to an asshole to a wacky eccentric smart enough to star in both MacGruber and Herzog's Bad Lieutenant. He has a ponytail now and a bit of a gut, though this idea of "Fat Val Kilmer" is bullshit. If he's heavier with age, the trade-off is worth it. Middle-aged Kilmer seems twice as funny as my skinny friends and half as fat as my fat friends. (This is hyperbole, of course. I don't have any friends.)

More than anything, I'm excited to finally get a look at Citizen Twain in action. It's a very curious project, but Kilmer believes in it enough to pay for it himself, so maybe it's worth checking out, if only to support a guy who genuinely doesn't give a shit about Hollywood's definition of success.

By the way, Kilmer's twitter feed is really fun. I highly recommend it.