Quote: chipolata @ September 4 2008, 1:41 PM BST
Interesting about AD, but to me I could never not think of it as a mockumentary because of Ron Howard's voiceover.
It just doesn't really work; half of the stuff on screen just wouldn't happen if they were being filmed. For instance, all the illegal stuff. And would someone like Michael really let cameras follow him, especially when he's getting undressed about to have sex? And where are the crew? How do they film it all? And when people are sneaking about, how could they? Theyd have two camera men following them. There's just endless bits where it doesn't work as one, so I don't think of it as one. Still one of the greatest sitcoms of all time mind.
Quote: john lucas 101 @ September 4 2008, 1:49 PM BST
Think the point here is to distinguish between format and style.
Yeah, but AD does describe itself as a Mock Documentary, which I don't buy at all. It really is just shot in the shaky style of one, rather than actually following through on it.