American Vandal (2017)

Directed by

Tony Yacenda

Genre

mockumentary

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 16 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 340 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary crew investigates a high school prank involving spray-painted penises on cars. The show treats the juvenile mystery with the same deadpan seriousness as a true crime series.

satiricalplayfulmock-seriousabsurdlight-heartedcleversuspenseful

What happens

American Vandal is an American mockumentary television series created by Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda that premiered on September 15, 2017, on Netflix. The series is a parody of true crime documentaries such as Making a Murderer and Serial. On October 26, 2018, Netflix canceled the series after two seasons. It received mostly positive critical reviews, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, and won a Peabody Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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