schlockumentary

English

Alternative forms

• shlockumentary

Etymology

Blend of schlock +‎ documentary.

Noun

schlockumentary (plural schlockumentaries)

1. (derogatory) A documentary programme or film that is schlocky, typically due to its content being deemed sensationalistic, propagandistic, or factually inaccurate.
   • 1999 March 5, Troy Patterson, “Celebrities: Caught on Camera”, in Entertainment Weekly:

     The narrator of this 53-minute schlockumentary insists that "the public's appetite for seeing their favorite stars caught off guard... is insatiable."

Quotations

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