How to Use mockumentary in a Sentence

mockumentary

noun
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  • In fact, the mockumentary was the most streamed titled in all of 2020.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, Forbes, 22 June 2021
  • The mockumentary was supposed to have died sometime in the mid-2010s, when the setup seemed to have been sucked dry.
    — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And the same could be said of the genre’s more lighthearted — and lightheaded — cousin, the mockumentary.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2023
  • There are novels about it, comic books about it, games about it, and a mockumentary about it.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2017
  • The mockumentary has a fatal flaw that at least starts from an admirable place.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2024
  • This pitch-perfect mockumentary is a comedic gem, with the chops to become a beloved camp classic.
    — Dallasnews.com Staff, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In thinking about their strengths, the best approach for them would be to do a mockumentary on Gunn’s rise to the Paris stage and perilous fall at the hands of online trolls.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The material with Abrams shows how smart the mockumentary can be at times.
    — Rick Bentley, star-telegram.com, 5 July 2017
  • Cohen went on to thank the people who kept him safe while filming the award-winning mockumentary.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The mockumentary follows students at East High School, where the movies were set, putting on their own version of the musical.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Say goodbye to the second year of the pandemic with this mockumentary from the creators of Black Mirror.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 Dec. 2021
  • This Is Spinal Tap, or any kind of mockumentary, that to me is hysterical.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 May 2020
  • This isn't a cheap knockoff of the other NBC mockumentary sitcoms, though.
    — Tom Philip, GQ, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Drop Dead Gorgeous, the black comedy mockumentary set in the world of beauty pageants.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Is Spinal Tap, the 1984 mockumentary about a British rock band with extra-loud amplifiers.
    — Wired, 29 July 2022
  • The mockumentary is such a familiar form, a certain sameness can set in.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022
  • But throughout the mockumentary, the directors take cameras to various cons across the world where people line up for days just to catch a glimpse of any Top Knot stars.
    — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 4 Nov. 2017
  • In this meta mockumentary, a group of East High students prepare for their stage production of the old Disney Channel movie.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Sep. 2018
  • Despite the amazement, Brunson acknowledges there was something in the air on the set of her public school mockumentary.
    — Marcus Jones, EW.com, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Filmed as a shaky-cam mockumentary, the film is amusing not just for its f-bomb-throwing one-liners, but for its uncanny grasp of the deep state at its most shallow.
    — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Waiting for Guffman, Christopher Guest’s peerless 1996 mockumentary, is perhaps the paragon of the form.
    — Vulture Staff, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Styled as a mockumentary, the film follows Lee-Curtis and his wife’s struggle to reopen their church and the public backlash from Lee-Curtis’ scandal.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The true-crime genre gets its comeuppance in this mockumentary, which investigates who drew phallic symbols on the cars of 27 high-school teachers and seeks to clear the prime suspect.
    — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Although Netflix canceled this gem of a mockumentary after just two seasons, those outings are so superb that a third year may not have been able to match them.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2019
  • So by how much did the new mockumentary, Shark of Darkness, beat its predecessor Megalodon?
    — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 13 Aug. 2014
  • He was played by the comedian Ricky Gervais, who wrote and directed the series and now slips back into the role in this mockumentary about Mr. Brent’s quest to fulfill his dream of being a rock star.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2017
  • Yet Levy recently told The Guardian that another mockumentary from the Guest troupe is unlikely.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Quinta Brunson, star and creator of the school-set mockumentary, infuses every bit of her heart and wit into this network gem.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The mockumentary contains a scene in which Giuliani lays down on a bed and reaches into his pants while with Borat's young daughter (played by 24-year-old actress Maria Bakalova).
    — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The mockumentary, which aired its third episode Tuesday night, has garnered rave reviews and already attracted tons of buzz online.
    — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2021

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