Netflix find of the day "Paul McCartney Is Really Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison"

[TNGTony]

Anyone old enough to remember the "Paul is dead" rumors, played the Beatles albums backwards to hear "turn me on dead man" and tried to glean all the hidden clues about Paul's supposed death Nov 9. 1966 caused by a hitchhiker named Rita, will enjoy this documentary. This work of fiction (even if the film makers were trying to be serious) was quite fun to watch. However anyone REALLY into the Beatles will easily spot more than a few obvious chronological and factual errors. Still, very entertaining when viewed as the "Mocumentary" it is

I highly recommend it.

 

[riffjim4069]

Slightly before my time, but me and my juvenile knucklehead friends were trying to figure out how buried Paul in the early '70s. Go figure! No internet I guess. Well, at least I learned a new word...mocumentary.

 

[TNGTony]

Really? The I am pretty sure mocumentary was coined specifically for "This Is Spinal Tap"

 

[riffjim4069]

Really? The I am pretty sure mocumentary was coined specifically for "This Is Spinal Tap"

I tried watching Spinal Tap twice...made it 5 or 10 minutes before I tuned-out.

 

[Juan]

I found that the week week of "April 1st"

 

[Peter Parker]

Mockumentary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It is actually "mockumentary"

Pretty sad when I have to correct someone's typing.

BTW my facorite was the Rutles of "all You Need is Cash" I got the DVD for Christmas last year. I had not seen it in years and loved it.

 

[jayn_j]

Christopher Guest has made a carrer out of these mocumentaries. In addition to Spinal Tap, he has done "Best in Show" about dog shows, "Waiting for Guffman" about community theater groups, "A Mighty Wind" about folk singers, and "For Your Consideration" about Oscar buzz in a small movie production company.

 

[Bobby]

Mockumentary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

It is actually "mockumentary"

Pretty sad when I have to correct someone's typing.

The Oxford dictionary says it can be both ways. Remember that Wikipedia is not the end all source of true knowledge..

definition of mockumentary from Oxford Dictionaries Online

 

[Peter Parker]

We are discussing mockumentaries. What does "true knowledge' have to do with anything?

Panorama - April Fool's Day Hoax - Spaghetti Harvest - 1st April 1957 - YouTube

 

[Bobby]

Maybe nothing but the Oxford dictionary says it can be spelled either mockumentary or mocumentary..... Wiki doesn't show that and all I am saying is that Wiki isn't always right. You corrected TNGTony's spelling or typing in a condescending way and I am simply correcting that.

 

[yaz96]

I've always seen it as "mockumentary".

One of the best is the original BBC The Office series, and the US Office and Parks and Rec, are Mocks as well.

 

[Peter Parker]

Maybe nothing but the Oxford dictionary says it can be spelled either mockumentary or mocumentary..... Wiki doesn't show that and all I am saying is that Wiki isn't always right. You corrected TNGTony's spelling or typing in a condescending way and I am simply correcting that.

The only one I made fun of in that post was myself. I think you should reread it in light of the tone of the thread.

BTW Tony if YOU were offended I apologize but I assume you saw who was being welll for lack ofa better word----"mocked.'

 

[jayn_j]

I've always seen it as "mockumentary".

One of the best is the original BBC The Office series, and the US Office and Parks and Rec, are Mocks as well.

If you take it that far, so are most reality TV shows, since they are scripted and enhanced to increase drama.

 

[Bobby]

The only one I made fun of in that post was myself. I think you should reread it in light of the tone of the thread.

BTW Tony if YOU were offended I apologize but I assume you saw who was being welll for lack ofa better word----"mocked.'

I guess I didn't see it that way and I apologize for being a grump. Meanwhile back to our remaining program...

 

[yaz96]

If you take it that far, so are most reality TV shows, since they are scripted and enhanced to increase drama.

I wasn't taking that far at all. The whole premise of "The Office" was that there was a crew filming a documentary about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fake Wernham Hogg Paper Company.

The US version of The Office copied it, and Parks and Rec is filmed the same way.

Reality TV isn't in the same realm.