#tv : Mocumentary

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Nadja & Laszlo

What We Do In The Shadows - Season 5

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Wendi McLendon-Covey, beloved for her ten seasons on the hit comedy The Goldbergs, is back on network TV! This time, she's tackling a mocumentary-style medical comedy with a unique premise. McLendon-Covey stars alongside a talented cast, including David Alan Grier and Allison Tolman.

Excited about the series, McLendon-Covey shared what sets this medical comedy apart.

St. Denis Medical premieres this Tuesday (November 12th, 8/9c) on NBC and streams the next day on Peacock.

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The Office (2001-2002) ☰

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I would’ve loved that!

Worst thing about Abbott Elementary is that it's never been on the air at the same time as New Girl. It would've been the crossover of the century. RIP Jess Day, you would've loved Janine Teagues.

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Gonna start posting about my new ocs on here! Yippie!!

(Drawings are ordered newest to oldest.)

A tad bit of info on this:

This is the first of probably a good handful of characters for an “art project” me and @dragoncontentconsumer (on Instagram,) are working on for funzies!

Most aspects are still very much up in the air. But what we got so far is that the story is centered around a crew of pirates made up of a giant mish-mash of mythical creatures and character tropes that normally aren’t in a pirate-esque series, and it’s structured like a mocumentary.

With this documentary crew coming in, the main character, Xavier Vahn Gilhid, (the character featured here, a mad scientist and an absolute mess,) thinks he’s in a sort-of TV spot where he’s being interviewed for “his life story” or for his “great adventures and inventions,” when in reality this documentary crew is filming him and his pirate crew for a show similar to ones you’d see on reality TV like “My Strange Addiction” where it features people who are just. ludicrous.

He’s always got a pretty worked out backstory but I’m not quite ready to share that yet <:)

(More on other characters including that pixie and the pickle jar later I think.)

[ladyamanda123]

Music Video Theory!!!

So in light of the new music video dropping instead of Rep TV I actually feel like the coming out documentary theory has a new leg to stand on!

First of all…..they have A LOT of behind the scenes footage so they’ve clearly been filming, and yes you’d expect it because it’s Taylor but it would still be for a purpose. I think the cameras are following her for the documentary/mocumentary that will reveal all this craziness to be her massive performance art. She’s said so many times she becomes what people want her to be. I feel like Blank Space walked so this potential documentary could run. I think she was finally so done with what everyone expects and wants of her, and in trying to meet those expectations she has completely shut out who she really is. And she’s done! So she is going out with this massive hurrah! I will become the thing everyone wants….the picture perfect pop star dating the guy on the football team….and then I will burn it all to the ground and finally be myself!

Taylor…..we are ready for it!!!!

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tagged by @chaotic-aro-incarnate :3c

Last song: rookie of the year by young miko

Favorite color: dark pink

Currently watching: uhhhhh the last tv shows i was watching was hannibal and killing eve to try and make it through more of them lol

Last movie: ...... i think it was that poptart mocumentary? Cause my siblings wanted to watch it when i was visiting family. Ummm that or snippets of the mario movie cause my niece was watching it.

Sweet, savory, or spicy: savory! I like the other too but usually have to be in the mood to eat em

Relationship: single

Current obsession: ..... unfortunately it is once again teen wolf 😔 i cannae help it there were nuggets and crumbs of potential i cant ignore

Last searched: Théodore Géricault. Was on a reading up on various artists on Wikipedia kick

Currently working on: um my original fic abt supernatural lesbians but. I only managed to add like a sentence to it. Been doing a lot of illustration at my job so.

Tagging: @ryukiki @willowthewisp27 @a-socialbutterfly @transangeliccowboy @fvckyouimaprophet

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seb have you ever seen "My Winnipeg". it's this like . kind of batshit insane mocumentary abt winnipeg canada . i feel like you'd enjoy it in some way just bc it's absolutely insane and nonsensical (also it looks like it was shot before color tv. it was produced in like 2007)

I have not but I do like mockumentaries so I will take it upon my list of "To Watch"

[ourravenboys]

every time a new mocumentary show comes out and people on social media go “oh so it’s just the office but in a school” “great another office ripoff but now it’s in a hospital” like shut UPPPP it’s a whole genre that was unfortunately popularized by one (average) tv show

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aside from anderson cooper do you mind giving us your Thoughts on other pundits/journalists?

Oooh boy. I love you for indulging my 2 decade-old hyperfixation.

Well first off, I don’t actually watch much legacy media for news purposes. They all have the same corporate slant and, while I don’t hold it against the individual pundits/journalists, I’m aware that the info they’re presenting is highly cherry-picked and biased toward the establishment and teaming with false neutrality bs so.. you know.

I got started watching cnn because I remembered being a little kid and seeing Anderson Cooper on tv when my parents were watching Katrina coverage or whatever. So I started watching him and then went back and watched some older stuff etc so… he was the initial deal. I just sort of started following other pundits for fun because of their proximity to him.

Also, disclaimer that I strongly prefer his older tv persona (war reports, snarkiness, grunge aesthetic, etc) and most of the PRT fandom content I’ve found has been from like 2005-2010 anyway so… most of these opinions are based on an outdated media sphere lol.

With all that being said…

When it comes to semi-modern stuff, I love the whole cnn crew. I think they’d be hilarious in a mocumentary a la The Office or something. John Berman is the funniest guy on the network and Jake Tapper has the best deadpan. Don Lemon was annoying and endearing at the same time. I never liked Chris Cuomo. He seemed pretension and way too dudebro-ish.

As far as PRT people specifically, Stephen Colbert is an absolute treasure. He’s ridiculously smart and quick witted but he’s never needlessly harsh like some late night hosts. I like him now better than when he was on The Colbert Report because he doesn’t have to play a character all the time and can just outright say what he feels.

Jon Stewart is probably the most progressive host on mainstream tv, which of course makes him delightful. He also has a way of calling out mainstream journalists without making it personal. And I still remember the time he went on Crossfire and humiliated Tucker Carlson <3.

Rachel Maddow seems like the coolest person in the room at all times and she’s so incredibly smart. But she has this thing where she seems to recognise (and call out) the conservative tendencies of other networks like cnn without realising that msnbc is no better when it comes to corporatism, upholding the status quo, and being anti-progressive. In fact, that’s something everybody on msnbc does, not just her. But I still have a soft spot for her though.

Keith Olbermann is the guy that used to be outspoken leftist champion in the very early 2000s- getting righteously angry when other dems were obsessed with decorum, clapping back at Fox pundits who tried to smear him, and saying things the dem establishment didn’t always want said. But somewhere between then and now he revealed himself to be a weird, immature, somewhat narcissistic asshole who can’t take any criticism and has somehow morphed into a centrist defender. It’s one of the most disappointing downfalls of the fandom. But despite all that, I still think of the day msnbc fired him as a national tragedy.

And I’m glad he got what was coming to him, but from a rpf perspective, I miss when Bill O’Reilly was the main villain 😂.

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What We Do In The Shadows - The Roast

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tag people you want to get to know better

tagged by @the-furthest-city-light <3 !!

last song: Трудный возраст by maksim - my friend made me a 00's russian pop playlist ive been enjoying it greatly

currently watching: dungeon meshi! im really enjoying it :D! thats pretty much the only thing tbh im reading one piece tho, and mistborn (which is SO GOOD) so thats been taking up my tv time more than anything

three ships: zolu (obv), kidkiller (<3), lulawkid (i just think their dynamic is funny as fuck)

favorite colour: green!!! but also orange and blue together [gtws voice: hotguy!]

currently consuming: nothing im about to go to sleep

first ship: the court moves to dismiss this question.

birthplace: london, uk

current location: my bed <3

relationship status: nothing going on here really

last movie: Theatre Camp (2023) at the reccomendation of @whalesbians it was fun to watch together! mocumentaries can be a little hit or miss for me but i liked this one!

currently working on: my cosplays! i have just finished the trousers for bartolomeo and ive just got to add the final touches and it'll be done !!! also on my fic wherein rayleigh raises ace instead

Thank u dani!! i'll tag @whalesbians, @babybearonthemoon and @merrinpippy and anyone else who wants to join in :D

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I think a "mocumentary" episode should be a stock tv episode trope like time loop episodes or the episode where some protagonists shrink down and go into the body of a character or the body swap episode etc etc

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tag nine people you'd like to know better

I. favourite colours: green, black, purple, phthalo blue/green

II. favourite flavours: COFFEE..... i want coffee ice cream so bad rn lmao

III. favourite genres: horror, documentary/mocumentary, args, psychological stuff.

IV. favourite music: metal, alternative rock i think?

V. favourite movies: halloween (og one hbrhjb), norio the curse, friday the 13th part 2 and 3, the te.xas chain saw massacre

VI. favourite series: i like the tales of series in the game series section, the original sile.nt hill series (the room is my fave don't kill me LMAO) i don't watch enough tv for the other thing unless dragula can count?

VII. last song: currently listening to welcome to the circus by skittish on loop jhbvgjdf

VIII. last series: tcm

IX. last movie: og black christmas

X. currently reading: drafts? comments?

XI. currently watching: -incoming smartass answer- my screen HBVHBFDB

XII. currently working on: drafts and a shitpost drawing before grinding on d.bd

tagged: @thuganomxcs thank ya jay!

tagging: @exiitiosus @manufactoredxbyxdesign @moldcursed @mathcs @nghtshroud @soapfcrce @z0mburger @entitytcken @tigerop

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Rob Reiner to Film This Is Spinal Tap Sequel in February 2024

This is NOT an Onion headline: Director Rob Reiner is going to begin production on the sequel to This is Spinal Tap, which turns 40 next year, in February 2024. The beloved cult film became the standard for all mocumentary comedies that followed. This one was insanely funny about a fictional British rock band and the cast was brilliant improve comedians featuring Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Michael McKean.  Today you see mockumentaries all the time, where it is meant to look like a documentary but its actually comic-actors improvising (Guest himself has made quite a few), but at the time, this was very groundbreaking.

Since 1984, there hasn't been an official sequel. The band released a 1992 album Break Like the Wind and to coincide with it there was the TV movie A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out. There have also been various featurettes on DVD and digital. But this marks Reiner's return to the along with the band and they are even getting some cameos from Sir Paul McCartney and Elton John. I am so there!

The link above is the article from Variety.

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hi jenny i was wondering if you had any recommendations on things to watch? ive been getting into crime dramas recently but i feel like i want to watch other things!

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I’m currently watching succession and I’ve been enjoying it so far!

if you want more lighthearted stuff, I recommend watching sitcoms like the office, the Big Bang theory, etc

I also recommend summer heights high, altho it’s dark humor so not for the sensitive lol (it’s a mocumentary)

or watch reality tv shows like dance moms, the real housewives of Beverly Hills hehe 💗