The Eye Doesn't Lie!
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holyteff — 10 years ago(September 18, 2015 08:23 PM)
it also had a really strong vibe of mocking The Jinx, the HBO documentary about Robert Durst, the re-enactments, the taped "confession" at the end, & a lot of the way Fred Armisen's character spoke & acted seemed like an impression of Robert Durst.
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MitchumsGal — 10 years ago(September 20, 2015 08:51 AM)
I immediately thought of Durst. I'm so glad I caught up with The Jinx before seeing this because I resisted thinking I would not be interested, already knowing the outcome. I binged it in a weekend of course.
I rag on Armisen but this was the best thing he's done so far in the series.
What I really want to know is why the guy was sign dancing at night???
I'm kind of Sherlock-y, so
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Lapis_Lazuli_Blue — 10 years ago(March 29, 2016 12:30 PM)
Yeah, it's a parody of The Thin Blue Line. The sad thing is it's just a slightly exaggerated version of the real events.
I agree. They didn't have to do very much to make the parody over-the-top ridiculous; the events depicted in
The Thin Blue Line
were already so insaneparticularly the mental gymnastics the cops and the DA performed in order to make the facts fit their (totally inaccurate) theory of the crime and David Ray Harris' stupid, petty reason for giving false testimony against Randall Adams. -
pankoeken — 10 years ago(September 24, 2015 09:47 PM)
This was easily the best episode of the series. To be honest it's the only one that made me laugh several times. Most of the eps fell flat big time but this one was funny AND the parody was spot on.
I don't think it was parodying The Jinx specifically though and Lentile didn't seem like Durst to me so much as just a stereotypical yankee douchebag in general.