Man I completely forgot about Moon [********] Sam Rockwell.

^This. It's a mistake to confuse reality tv with documentary. Reality TV is produced as entertainment. Truth is just a bonus.

"When I tasted this water, I fell in love with this water. It was that
simple," said Combs. "I really do not like the taste of the majority of
waters that are on the market. I am just looking for something that
makes me feel good and tastes good."

I said "Prince Rogers Nelson" aloud and was smitten with heavenly fire.

Lembas. It's just lembas. You don't say "lembas bread" any more than you say "naan bread" or "matzah bread."

Who is Phillip Seymour Hoffman? Was he in Outbreak?

ImpromptuJ: No.

Fuck you, Dustin Hoffman is hot.

Wait, they cast a woman as Jeannie Gaffigan? 

As fascinating as it is that we've rediscovered soliloquy thanks to the faux-documentary conceit, talking head interviews are not abstract or presentational. Parks & Rec is clearly *representational* of reality. If the characters talk to a documentary crew, it's because in the fiction of the show's universe, there is…

How is this even a question. The characters do talking-head interviews with the documentary crew in every episode.

>But I think the problem with the storyline is that they went from "the
doc crew has become close to the office crew" to "hunky Brian has been
lusting after Pam for years" in about 2 minutes of screen time.

Re: point 2: The sudden change is that that the documentarians are now *showing* the interaction between subject and crew. It was presumably happening all along.

It's standard to use multiple sources for audio, like a wireless mic and a boom.

Is review or recap?

Why didn't they hire an actor to play Steve Jobs?

Nice catch on the door, I never noticed that.

Nice catch on the door, I never noticed that.

I don't understand why there's no snark or scathing criticism in this piece.  Or jokes.

I don't understand why there's no snark or scathing criticism in this piece.  Or jokes.