Pathetic is, as it happens, an understatement.
Not quite sure when "blurring the lines" became an acceptable "thing".
Arguably there is some value in using an "artist license " when making films "based on a true story" - this for dramatical purposes. The mockumentary format is harder to build a case for - especially when the mock isn't instantly apparent.
Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc. (Clock) pushes bending of the truth one step further. It wears "the documentary cloak" for way too long - and pushes the prank way too far.
By blending a great proportion of truths with a small amount of desinformation, without clarifying "which is what" - the end product is "just a lie". With that said, it is not easy to place Clock in a genre. A guess, and it is just a guess, is that it is an attempt at humour. Calling Sweden Switzerland is about as amusing as it gets.
There is plenty of desinformation "out there" - way too much. Listing something like Clock as a documentary and leaving it to the viewer to work out that it's "a joke" is a tall order.
The viewing experience resembles the sensation of having been told an intricate lie and when the liar is caught out - being told "it was just a joke".
This kind of production is not needed anywhere and, is arguably damaging.
Not quite sure when "blurring the lines" became an acceptable "thing".
Arguably there is some value in using an "artist license " when making films "based on a true story" - this for dramatical purposes. The mockumentary format is harder to build a case for - especially when the mock isn't instantly apparent.
Clock - Socialist Burgers Inc. (Clock) pushes bending of the truth one step further. It wears "the documentary cloak" for way too long - and pushes the prank way too far.
By blending a great proportion of truths with a small amount of desinformation, without clarifying "which is what" - the end product is "just a lie". With that said, it is not easy to place Clock in a genre. A guess, and it is just a guess, is that it is an attempt at humour. Calling Sweden Switzerland is about as amusing as it gets.
There is plenty of desinformation "out there" - way too much. Listing something like Clock as a documentary and leaving it to the viewer to work out that it's "a joke" is a tall order.
The viewing experience resembles the sensation of having been told an intricate lie and when the liar is caught out - being told "it was just a joke".
This kind of production is not needed anywhere and, is arguably damaging.