Christopher Guest’s new movie, “Mascots,” is out today on Netflix.
The “mockumentary” filmmaker has been using a set formula for two decades built on silly concepts and improvised scripts.
NPR movie critic Bob Mondello talks with Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson about what makes the movies funny, and how the style has now found its way into other entertainment.
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