mockumentary
a fictional and satirical documentary film
TRANSLATION
mockumentary = ein fiktionaler Dokumentarfilm, der einen echten Dokumentarfilm oder das ganze Genre parodiert (Wikipedia) --- GOOGLE INDEX mockumentary: approximately 1,430,000 hits
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IN THE PRESS
The MOCKUMENTARY is starting to reach a mass audience at a time of unusually high anxiety for the news industry.
(US News & World Report)
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The "Borat" MOCKUMENTARY got unusual publicity as British newspapers mistakenly reported it would be the subject of diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Kazakhstan.
(adapted from CTV news)
(US News & World Report)
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The "Borat" MOCKUMENTARY got unusual publicity as British newspapers mistakenly reported it would be the subject of diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Kazakhstan.
(adapted from CTV news)
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mockumentary
noun
- a satirical film that is presented as a documentary, but which is not based on fact.
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WORD ORIGIN
Mockumentary combines the words mock and documentary to describe a satirical or parody-based documentary film. This is Spinal Tap, a 1984 mockumentary, is considered by many to be responsible for the birth of this film genre. The film follows a really awful, semi-fictitious heavy metal rock band on a comeback tour in the United States that of course never really occurs.
More recently, British-born comedian Sacha Baron Cohen released his mockumentary “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”. In the film, Cohen plays Borat Sagdiyev, Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist from the state-run television network, who travels from his home in Kazakhstan to the U.S. to make a documentary.
Borat created a controversy after some people interviewed for the film sued Cohen, claiming they thought they were participating in a real documentary.
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noun
- a satirical film that is presented as a documentary, but which is not based on fact.
(DH)
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WORD ORIGIN
Mockumentary combines the words mock and documentary to describe a satirical or parody-based documentary film. This is Spinal Tap, a 1984 mockumentary, is considered by many to be responsible for the birth of this film genre. The film follows a really awful, semi-fictitious heavy metal rock band on a comeback tour in the United States that of course never really occurs.
More recently, British-born comedian Sacha Baron Cohen released his mockumentary “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”. In the film, Cohen plays Borat Sagdiyev, Kazakhstan's sixth most famous man and a leading journalist from the state-run television network, who travels from his home in Kazakhstan to the U.S. to make a documentary.
Borat created a controversy after some people interviewed for the film sued Cohen, claiming they thought they were participating in a real documentary.
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“I saw a fascinating mockumentary on TV last night”
