The Spoils of Babylon (2012)

Genre

comedy

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rated

M

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries is a parody of the overblown drama and cliches of 1970s and 1980s television event miniseries. It follows an epic family saga with exaggerated performances and deliberately cheesy storytelling.

campyabsurdnostalgicsatiricalmelodramaticover-the-topself-aware

What happens

The Spoils of Babylon is an American comedy miniseries written by Matt Piedmont and Harper Steele, directed by Piedmont, and starring Tobey Maguire, Kristen Wiig, Tim Robbins, Jessica Alba, Val Kilmer, Haley Joel Osment, Michael Sheen, and Will Ferrell. It is a spoof of the epic-scale "TV event" miniseries adapted from bestselling novels (such as Shogun, The Thorn Birds and Rich Man, Poor Man) prevalent on American network television in the 1970s and 1980s. The miniseries premiered on IFC on January 9, 2014. The series received generally positive reviews from critics. For her performance as Cynthia Morehouse, Wiig was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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