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With the release of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues , I figured now was the perfect time to dive into one of my favorite genres: the mockumentary. Yep, movies shot in the style of documentaries but telling completely fictional stories. Or, as I like to call it: the art of lying with a straight face. A mockumentary, the word itself is a mash-up of “mock” and “documentary," is basically a movie (or TV show) that pretends to be a documentary while presenting totally made-up eve

The sixth and final season of the brilliant and hilarious FX  series "What We Do in the Shadows"  is rapidly coming to a close, so I thought I'd write a little appreciation to celebrate its fabulous run. Based on the outstanding 2014 New Zealand film of the same name, written by Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi, WWDITS premiered on March 27, 2019, to much acclaim and cult popularity. The mockumentary style and structure are taken directly from the film but with a different