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  1. HBO presents one of the most gifted and revered performers of our time, Academy-Award winning Robin Williams, starring in his fifth exclusive HBO special, taped before a live audience at Washington's Constitution Hall.

    The sides of Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction

    • Robin Williams live in Washington
    • Jokes about rehab and his heart surgery
    • Riffs on politics and religion

    Good for you if

    • you want ninety minutes of Robin Williams at full speed.
    • you like watching Robin Williams riff, voices and all.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand crude jokes about sex and drugs.
    • you'd rather follow a story and characters than stand-up.

    About: addiction · aging · politics

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  2. Comedian 2002

    Documentary

    A look at the work of two stand-up comics, Jerry Seinfeld and a lesser-known newcomer, detailing the effort and frustration behind putting together a successful act and career while living a life on the road.

    The sides of Comedian

    • Jerry Seinfeld starting over with new material
    • Small comedy clubs and rough nights
    • A young comic, Orny Adams, chasing a break

    Good for you if

    • you like watching jokes being built and tested.
    • you want the work behind stand-up, not the polished special.
    • you like the contrast between a star and a newcomer.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum more than backstage chatter.
    • you want striking images, not handheld camera footage.

    About: work · ambition · doubt

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  3. Tabloid 2011

    Documentary

    One of America's top documentary filmmakers turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming beauty queen who gained a great deal of notoriety after being accused of kidnapping a young Mormon missionary, restraining him in chains and raping him in 1977 England. The unbalanced McKinney is extensively interviewed, particularly about her ambition to write a memoir telling her side of the tale.

    The sides of Tabloid

    • A former beauty queen telling her side
    • A Mormon missionary who vanished in 1977 England
    • British tabloids racing for the scoop

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at a true story so strange it sounds invented.
    • you like a real 1977 scandal and the British tabloids that fought over it.
    • you can't look away from Joyce McKinney telling her version with total conviction.

    Bad for you if

    • you need to know at the end who was telling the truth.
    • you can't hear a kidnapping and rape accusation told as a strange, funny story.

    About: obsession · the press · truth

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  4. Kevin Hart serves up laughs and brick oven pizza from the comfort of his home, and dishes on male group chats, sex after 40 and life with COVID-19.

    The sides of Kevin Hart: Zero F**ks Given

    • Kevin Hart doing stand-up at home
    • Male group chats and sex after 40
    • Family life during lockdown

    Good for you if

    • you want an hour of jokes about group chats and getting older.
    • you like Kevin Hart's energy in a small, close room.

    Bad for you if

    • you want something to watch with kids. The jokes about sex after 40 are not for them.
    • you want a story with characters, not a stand-up set.

    About: getting older · lockdown · fatherhood

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  5. Penn & Teller: Bull! 2003

    Documentary

    This daring original series stars postmodern bad boys of magic Penn & Teller as they question many of our culture's most cherished and widely held beliefs. From the truth about palm readings and TV psychics to the reality behind Feng Shui and Ouija boards, the archly comic masters of misdirection host this eye-opening analysis of the middle-ground between perception and reality.

    The sides of Penn & Teller: Bull!

    • Two magicians testing psychics and palm readers
    • Feng Shui and Ouija boards under the microscope
    • A loud, swearing host and a silent partner

    Good for you if

    • you like Penn ranting and Teller staying silent while they take a belief apart.
    • you like real people, real claims and a hidden camera or two.
    • you want every claim checked against the evidence.

    Bad for you if

    • eight seasons of half-hour episodes is too much for you.
    • you'd rather not see the nudity in some episodes.

    About: skepticism · belief · deception

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  6. Not Quite Hollywood 2008

    Documentary

    As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.

    The sides of Not Quite Hollywood

    • Australian exploitation films of the 1970s and 80s
    • Clips of car crashes, nudity and killer pigs
    • Interviews with the directors who made them

    Good for you if

    • you like filmmakers laughing at the crazy stunts they pulled.
    • you want the wild side of Australian cinema next to Picnic at Hanging Rock.
    • you laugh at gore and bad taste when it is this proud of itself.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand clip after clip of blood and gore.
    • you'd rather not see a steady stream of nude scenes.

    About: filmmaking · bad taste · Australia

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  7. Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.

    The sides of An Evening with Kevin Smith

    • Kevin Smith answering students' questions
    • Stories from making his films
    • A college Q&A tour

    Good for you if

    • you like a director telling long, rambling behind-the-scenes stories.
    • you like Kevin Smith's foul-mouthed, self-mocking humour.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly four hours of one man talking is too much for you.
    • you want something to look at beyond a man with a microphone.

    About: filmmaking · Hollywood · fandom

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  8. The Aristocrats 2005

    Documentary

    One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty, filthy joke--one shared privately by comics since Vaudeville.

    The sides of The Aristocrats

    • One joke told by a hundred comedians
    • Comedians explaining how a joke works
    • A punchline that never changes

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at things you know you shouldn't.
    • you like hearing comedians try to top each other.
    • you like talk about the craft of telling a joke.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through ninety minutes of graphic sex talk.
    • you lose track when a hundred comedians cut in and out a few seconds each.

    About: the craft of comedy · taboo · improvisation

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  9. Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.

    The sides of Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

    • A comedian alone on stage
    • Jokes about his freebasing addiction
    • The night he caught on fire

    Good for you if

    • you want to laugh hard for eighty minutes.
    • you like a man joking about the night he set himself on fire.
    • you like watching Richard Pryor hold a whole room by himself.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't laugh at addiction and near death.
    • you find early-1980s stand-up dated.

    About: addiction · honesty · fame

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  10. 2002 HBO Stand-up Special starring Robin Williams. Recorded and broadcast live from New York City's Broadway Theater at the culmination of his historic 2002 sold-out tour, this special finds the Oscar-winning actor/writer/comedian returning after 16 years to his stand-up roots to deliver what the Washington Post calls "...in its madcap way, a seminal cultural event."

    The sides of Robin Williams: Live on Broadway

    • Robin Williams back on stage after 16 years
    • A drunk Scotsman inventing golf
    • Rapid-fire voices and impressions

    Good for you if

    • you like nonstop laughs from someone who never slows down.
    • you love watching Robin Williams jump between a dozen voices a minute.
    • you like improvised riffs that go somewhere you didn't expect.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a Robin Williams evening with the kids. This show is crude and full of swearing.
    • you need a story with characters, not a stand-up show.

    About: fame · excess · improvisation

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  11. A hilarious introduction, using as examples some of the best films ever made, to some of Slovenian philosopher and psychoanalyst Slavoj Žižek's most exciting ideas on personal subjectivity, fantasy and reality, desire and sexuality.

    The sides of The Pervert's Guide to Cinema

    • Slavoj Žižek talking through famous films
    • Rebuilt sets from Hitchcock and Lynch films
    • Psychoanalysis applied to desire and fantasy

    Good for you if

    • you like an excited philosopher talking nonstop about movies.
    • you like strange readings of Psycho, The Birds and Blue Velvet.
    • you love classic Hollywood and want to see it with new eyes.

    Bad for you if

    • two and a half hours of lecture is too much for you.
    • you need a story with people to follow, not one man talking over film clips.

    About: desire · fantasy · cinema

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  12. Cunk on... 2018

    Documentary

    Landmark mockumentary-maker Philomena Cunk traces the history of Britain, Earth, and cinema.

    The sides of Cunk on...

    • A clueless presenter asking experts silly questions
    • The history of Britain and of Earth
    • Real professors trying to keep a straight face

    Good for you if

    • you like Philomena Cunk asking real professors absurd questions.
    • you like the whole history of Britain or Earth told in a few hours.
    • you like deadpan lines delivered with a perfectly straight face.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a sincere documentary, not a parody of one.
    • you need every fact on screen to be true.

    About: history · ignorance · television

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  13. Adam Ruins Everything 2015

    Documentary

    Host Adam Conover employs a combination of comedy, history and science to dispel widespread misconceptions about everything we take for granted.

    The sides of Adam Ruins Everything

    • A host debunking everyday beliefs
    • Sketches mixing comedy, history and science
    • Experts popping up in the middle of a scene

    Good for you if

    • you like learning something while laughing at it.
    • you like finding out why diamonds, cars and weddings work the way they do.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand a host lecturing straight at you.
    • you need characters and a story to follow.

    About: myths · curiosity · consumerism

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  14. An Idiot Abroad 2010

    Documentary

    An Idiot Abroad is a British travel documentary television series broadcast on Sky1 and Science, as well as spin-off books published by Canongate Books, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant and starring Karl Pilkington. The ongoing theme of both the television series and the books is that Pilkington has no interest in global travel, so Merchant and Gervais make him travel while they stay in the United Kingdom and monitor his progress.

    The sides of An Idiot Abroad

    • A reluctant traveler sent around the world
    • The Seven Wonders of the World
    • Trips set up by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant

    Good for you if

    • you like Karl Pilkington grumbling in front of the Great Wall of China.
    • you like his deadpan phone calls with Gervais and Merchant.
    • you like real trips with no script for the traveler.

    Bad for you if

    • you want awe at the world's wonders, not complaints about them.
    • you can't laugh at a man pranked into trips he hates. Gervais and Merchant enjoy his misery from London.

    About: travel · culture shock · friendship

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  15. A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.

    The sides of POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

    • Morgan Spurlock selling his own film to sponsors
    • A documentary paid for by product placement
    • Meetings with real brand executives

    Good for you if

    • you like a joke that pays for itself, a film about ads made entirely with ads.
    • you want to see real marketing meetings from the inside.
    • you like learning how brands buy their way onto your screen.

    Bad for you if

    • you want a documentary with real stakes and suspense.
    • you want an investigation that exposes someone. Spurlock jokes along with the brands he meets.

    About: advertising · money · media

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  16. In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is surrounded by teen fans, gets into heated philosophical jousts with journalists, and kicks back with fellow musicians Joan Baez, Donovan, and Alan Price.

    The sides of Bob Dylan – Don't Look Back

    • Bob Dylan on tour in England in 1965
    • Cue cards dropped one by one
    • Joan Baez and Donovan in hotel rooms

    Good for you if

    • you want young Dylan playing alone with a guitar and a harmonica.
    • you like a black and white film shot on the fly.
    • you can't look away from Dylan sparring with journalists.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a story that moves, not a camera that just follows.
    • you want an artist who opens up, not one who mocks every question.

    About: fame · youth · the press

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  17. A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

    The sides of Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    • Two Israeli cousins running a Hollywood studio
    • Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson action films
    • Actors and crew telling stories of the 1980s

    Good for you if

    • you like true stories about how movies really get made.
    • you laugh at wild anecdotes from cheap 1980s film sets.
    • you grew up on video store shelves and want the story behind them.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather avoid the many nude clips from the films.
    • you can't stand gory clips, even short ones.

    About: ambition · excess · show business

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  18. Good Hair 2009

    Documentary

    An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, GOOD HAIR visits beauty salons and hairstyling battles, scientific laboratories and Indian temples to explore the way hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of the Black community.

    The sides of Good Hair

    • Chris Rock asking why his daughter wants good hair
    • A hair show battle in Atlanta
    • Temples in India where hair is shaved for weaves

    Good for you if

    • you like Chris Rock cracking jokes in salons and barbershops.
    • you want to know where weaves come from and what they cost.
    • you like a father trying to answer his little girl's question.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a story with something at stake.
    • you want hard numbers rather than a comedian's interviews.

    About: beauty · self-esteem · money

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  19. It's Charlie Sheen's turn to step in to the celebrity hot seat for the latest installment of The Comedy Central Roast.

    The sides of Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen

    • Charlie Sheen in the hot seat
    • Comedians taking turns insulting him
    • Seth MacFarlane as roastmaster

    Good for you if

    • you like comedians trading brutal one-liners on a stage.
    • you laugh at jokes about addiction and public meltdowns.

    Bad for you if

    • you want comedy with some warmth behind it.
    • you want a comedy to watch with your kids. The jokes stay crude from start to finish.

    About: fame · excess · mockery

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  20. Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.

    The sides of This Film Is Not Yet Rated

    • The board that rates American films
    • A private investigator tailing the raters
    • Directors on the cuts they were asked to make

    Good for you if

    • you want to know how films get their ratings in America.
    • you like a private investigator unmasking the secret raters.
    • you like an investigation with a playful, cheeky tone.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not see the sex scenes shown as examples.
    • you'd rather follow a story than a case file.

    About: censorship · secrecy · double standards

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