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Cunk On Earth
''Cunk on Earth'' is a British mockumentary television series produced by Charlie Brooker for the BBC and Netflix. The series stars Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk, an ill-informed investigative reporter, a character who previously starred on ''Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe'' and ''Cunk on Britain''. The series was acclaimed by critics, with many praising Morgan's deadpan delivery. It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 20 September 2022, and was released in the United States on Netflix on 31 January 2023. For her performance in the series, Morgan was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. Premise Philomena Cunk (; Diane Morgan) travels around the world, interviewing (real-world) experts such as Paul Bahn, Martin Kemp (art historian), Martin Kemp, Nigel Spivey, and Shirley Thompson (composer), Shirley Thompson about Human history, world history. The series introduces subjects such as the development of agriculture and e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mockumentary
A mockumentary (a portmanteau of ''mock'' and ''documentary'') is a type of film or television show depicting fictional events, but presented as a Documentary film, documentary. Mockumentaries are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues in a satirical way by using a fictional setting, or to parody the documentary form itself. The term originated in the 1960s but was popularized in the mid-1990s when ''This Is Spinal Tap'' director Rob Reiner used it in interviews to describe that film. While mockumentaries are comedy, comedic, pseudo-documentary, pseudo-documentaries are their dramatic equivalents. However, pseudo-documentary should not be confused with docudrama, a fictional genre in which dramatic techniques are combined with documentary elements to depict real events. Nor should either of those be confused with docufiction, a genre in which documentaries are contaminated with fictional elements. Mockumentaries are often presented as historical documenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |