You can tell we’re living in a pandemic judging by the positive reviews the mediocre comedy “Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar” has been getting from critics. Ignore that. Unless you find Midwestern culotte culture amusing this ridiculous comedy, co-written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, plays like a “Saturday Night Live” sketch stretched out into ten times the normal length.
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