movie review # 1201
I've just begun to dig in the field of mockumentary. A mockumentary is a fictive portrait or pastiche presented in the form of a real documentary. Christopher Guest was the natural director to start with (after watching the norwegian Troll Hunter). A Mighty Wind made 2003 is his smiling story of The Main Street Singers. Their sound feels like The Roof Top Singers multiplied by Mama's & Papa's. And they are trying to reincarnate - or being forced to reunion - as The New Main Street Singers almost forty years after their golden days. The same goes for Mitch & Mickey, deeply affected by their break-up. Portrait by portrait Guest puts together an amusing psycho-social picture.
What first strucks me the strongest, as a Glee-watcher, is that "Sue Sylvester" plays a part here. Obviously she can be nice and loveable too, but the mighty fox-behaviour shines through. Yes, Jane Lynch seems to be a well-equipped actress, with a clear sense of how to touch people in different ways. The interview scene where she caresses her husband in front of the camera is unbeatable, since she both succeeds and don't really suceeds in getting his response. While she pridely implies how she made some "porn" roles during the band's apocalyptic epoque... The rehearsals are humorous to follow, but the music ain't bad either, could have been real.
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