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These focus not on people, but on logistics. How do you build a dinosaur for Jurassic Park? How did the cast of The Office keep a straight face?
This is the modern wave. These docs reframe a misunderstood celebrity or event, often using archival footage to correct a biased media narrative from the past.
The best docs feature a protagonist who is either actively lying or deeply delusional. The Offer (technically a drama, but adjacent) and McMillions succeed because the audience plays detective. In The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (a doc about arcade gaming), the villain is a smug middle manager guarding a Donkey Kong record. The entertainment value comes from the absurd stakes.
These focus not on people, but on logistics. How do you build a dinosaur for Jurassic Park? How did the cast of The Office keep a straight face?
This is the modern wave. These docs reframe a misunderstood celebrity or event, often using archival footage to correct a biased media narrative from the past.
The best docs feature a protagonist who is either actively lying or deeply delusional. The Offer (technically a drama, but adjacent) and McMillions succeed because the audience plays detective. In The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (a doc about arcade gaming), the villain is a smug middle manager guarding a Donkey Kong record. The entertainment value comes from the absurd stakes.