re: Watching Spinal Tap for the first time ....

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when that miniature stonehenge was lowered to the stage - well, that's comedy of the type we simply don't get to experience anymore.

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As I get older, I'm more a fan of that subdued sort of humor. Yeah, the Apatow and Frat Pack comedies are the ones you laugh the hardest and loudest at, but you never want to go back and watch them over and over like the Big Lebowski or Bubba Ho-Tep.

I think This Is Spinal Tap pretty well invented the mockumentary genre, as well. I remember reading that a lot of people didn't get it, and were confused that a more well-known band wasn't chosen to follow around, because they'd never seen or heard of a movie like this.