Cunk on Earth is a brilliant and brilliantly made mockumentary. It's not so much a spoof of history documentaries and stuffy talking head historians as it is marvelous send up of today's younger generations, self absorbed, ego-centrintric, and completely clueless that anything important happened before their birth.
The deadpan delivery of the woefully undereducated and misinformed Cunk is a masterclass in British comedy. The interviewees, who are in on the joke but directed to respond seriously, are often dumbstruck by the absurdity of Cunk's questions. I so wish I could show this in (American) college Humanities courses but I fear the humor would be completely lost on them.
The deadpan delivery of the woefully undereducated and misinformed Cunk is a masterclass in British comedy. The interviewees, who are in on the joke but directed to respond seriously, are often dumbstruck by the absurdity of Cunk's questions. I so wish I could show this in (American) college Humanities courses but I fear the humor would be completely lost on them.