Hollywood Life. He makes sure he is alone, pulls out a cellphone and calls someone. These made him the perfect lightning rod for criticism and also diverted attention away from any other study group being mocked. He goes on to say that "in story terms, 'Advanced Documentary Filmmaking' is likely the best episode of the season," because it "[runs] all seven of the characters through [one] storyline" instead of trying to give equal weight to two entirely separate storylines, as was seen in "Cooperative Escapism In Familial Relations." "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of Community. Archived. Shortly thereafter, it was confirmed that he would leave the series. a great post about the history of the documentary and its different sub-genres 1. Eric Goldman of IGN "thought this was a great episode," because it "felt 100% 'natural' [and] also was the funniest episode this season by far." Britta posits that the current Kevin Chang is the real Chang and the power-crazy Benjamin Chang was the alter-ego, and a hit on the head reverted Chang back to Kevin. Nerd Wire. "Conventions of Space and Time" "); and Chang a C. As for the episode as a whole, he felt that "the question that hung over the entire episode in the tag was disappointing" and that the show could stand to be as weird as it was in previous seasons, but he enjoyed seeing some fresh pairings and jokes, and liked it well enough to give it a B. Todd VanDerWerff of the A.V. "Advanced Documentary Filmmaking" Season Five "Repilot" "Introduction to Teaching" "Basic Intergluteal Numismatics" "Cooperative Polygraphy" "Geothermal Escapism" "Analysis of Cork-Based Networking" Season Six "Ladders" "Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care" "Basic Crisis Room Decorum" "Queer Studies & Advanced Waxing" "Laws of Robotics & Party Rights" … Well, it's mixed. His insensitive language offended some of the cast and crew but he ended up leaving the set. She's not 100% convinced she's "really on board with this Chang story line but it’s nice to see it going somewhere instead of just lurking in the background. After seeing the opposition displayed by Jeff, Lorraine (Lisa Long) of the MacGuffin Neurological Institute grants the funds to the college. I had high hopes for Annie and Troy’s cop pair subplot, but it went nowhere, the funniest moment coming from Troy eagerly smiling at Abed, behind the camera, and Abed giving a thumbs up. "Intro to Felt Surrogacy" It's sad to see him like this. In Season 2’s “Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking,” Abed “directed” one of the show’s best episodes when Pierce fakes a terminal illness at the hospital. It has the one story—everybody’s trying to help Abed made a film about Changnesia, while Jeff tries to prove Chang is faking—and by running all seven of the characters through that storyline, it’s filled with far fewer leaps of bizarre logic. Aflik TV APP . Community S04E06 Advanced Documentary Filmmaking. He gave it a letter grade of C. John Bowling of Character Grades gave out his grades: Jeff got a B; Annie and Troy both got As, despite Annie not using her feminine wiles to get answers from the trout farmer ("There should always be more of Annie using her feminine wiles. Chang then throws his phone into a trash can, only to realize that was an idiotic move; he retrieves it before laughing villainously. Among the representatives of the school in attendance are the study group, Dean Pelton and Chang himself. ", Abby Koenig of the Houston Press Art Attack blog wrote, "With this week's episode, Community has (pretty much) returned to form." 1:26:25. Club rating the episode a B, saying, "[...] at every turn, it reminds me that it doesn’t particularly care to [make a fresh start], and that the past makes a warm, if smothering, blanket. Then he became a disgraced student, a psychopathic music major, a homeless vent dweller, a security guard, keytarist, power-hungry war lord, and, now, Kevin. A. Chang's time at school before becoming "Kevin" is gone over by Dean Pelton in the documentary. Abed is filming this documentary because Dean Pelton wants a propaganda film to land a research grant. COMMUNITY "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" Season 2 Episode 16 - Pierce winds up in the hospital after taking too many pills and the gang rushes to his side. "Advanced Documentary Filmmaking" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of the NBC sitcom Community, which originally aired on March 14, 2013. Alexis McLaren of TV Overmind declares with this episode that "a Dan Harmon-less Community was [sic] a terrible one," but literally offers no examples of things she didn't like about the episode. With Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown. That’s a problem, but it’s also simply easier to talk about story repetition than it is joke repetition, as that’s actually the bigger issue. Welcome to Looking Streets Behind, a weekly Community retrospective column! She gave the episode 4.6 stars out of 5. Pierce pretends to be dying so that he can bequeath a series of cryptic and sometimes mean-spirited gifts to his study partners, and Abed decides to shoot a documentary … Dean Craig Pelton (Jim Rash) has ordered Abed to make a documentary for Greendale about Chang in order to secure a $40,000 grant from the MacGuffin Neurological Institute to study Changnesia, though Abed wants to capture all sides of the issue. Britta interviews Shirley - it's revealed that Shirley was dead for three minutes at some point in her life. [5], It was met with mixed reviews with Emily VanDerWerff of The A.V. After it's learned that Chang was named "Kevin" after Sullivan's dog, Troy realizes he was named after his family's pets as well. 5. And not just because he loves Chang! The Dean recounts his history with Chang, from his hiring as a Spanish teacher up to the overthrow in season three. She's glad to be done with "all that Jeff family crap," and she liked the twist at the end, even though "you could see coming a mile away. At the presentation in front of the institute, Annie believes Jeff will reveal the human trafficking, but to everyone's surprise, he presents Alessandra Chang (Andrea De Oliveira), Chang's ex-wife. Directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. He brings out Chang's ex-wife, The audience is incensed by Jeff's callousness and the study group and Dean Pelton chastise him for his presentation. "Advanced Introduction to Finality". ", Matthew Guerruckey of ScreenSpy gave the episode an F. He hopes that "last night’s disjointed episode of Community will end up being the worst episode in the series’ history," but thinks there's a possibility it won't be. 5:38. "Alternative History of the German Invasion" He later returned to film some additional scenes, but later announced on November 21, 2012 that he had left the show.[2][3]. Troy and Annie do high fives as "Partner and Houlihan. He also didn't think it was funny: "it might be the first time I’ve ever watched a Community episode and not laughed out loud at something once." 7. I first met Chang when I hired him as a Spanish teacher at Greendale. Cory Barker of tv.com received "conflicting signals" from this episode and with the season as a whole. They, along with their cameraman, Garrett Lambert (Erik Charles Nielsen), interrogate a trout fisherman, Sully Sullivan (Mike Hagerty) who confesses to using Chang as unpaid labour for three months after seeing Chang emerge out of a trout tank, and named him Kevin after his dog. The actor was frustrated with the direction of his character and used a racial slur during an angry rant. But getting back to Chang, he was glad to see the character return — "I miss him when he’s not present for weeks at a time" — and is intrigued to see how the new producers proceed with the story that was teased in the montage that ended the third season. Although aired as episode six, it was the eighth episode produced. Was this episode better than I’m giving … I can't share an opinion because I could only get a few minutes into it before I couldn't even bear to watch it any more. Zap2it.com. Episode Discussion - S04E06 - Advanced Documentary Filmmaking. Harris thought it was obvious Chang was faking, whereas Husted "wanted to believe that Chang was getting a do-over," especially after Jeff became convinced. She thinks "there’s nothing better than an out-of-control Jeff Winger," so she really appreciated that aspect of the episode, and she was also happy to see some good screen time for Annie, who "has been sinfully underused this season." I'm going to give it another go later tonight or perhaps over the weekend, but in the … "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations", "Alternative History of the German Invasion", "Lawnmower Maintenance and Postnatal Care", Alternative History of the German Invasion, Processed Media founder Randy Dankievitch, Abby Koenig of the Houston Press Art Attack blog, Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations, https://community-sitcom.fandom.com/wiki/Advanced_Documentary_Filmmaking?oldid=68808, Greendale: A documentary is being filmed by, Jeff is shocked after finding out the rest of the, At Shirley's shop, Britta takes over the filming and screws up the recording process. Community Advanced Documentary Filmmaking Original Air Date: Mar 14, 2013 Shannon - Associate Editor shannon@thetwocentscorp.com This week is a documentary about Chang aka “Kevin” and his Changnesia. She also really enjoyed the description of Britta as "basically a therapist," which she said was "a title card worth waiting three-plus seasons for." She attributed this to amnesia and faux documentaries being such familiar sitcom tropes: "When your viewers have all the beats memorized (like the amnesiac not recognizing his former wife, or the documentary crew discovering a hidden scandal), you can find new energy in mixing and matching them--as well as subverting them, which this episode did ably." Processed Media founder Randy Dankievitch was disappointed by the way the tag undermined what he took to be the point of the episode: "Jeff learning a lesson about second chances, and [the show] finally moving past all of the Evil Chang" material. She's conflicted about Chang's storyline; on the one hand, she's "not sure how crazy I am about this being a central theme for the duration of the season," but on the other hand, she seems to think the episodes featuring Chang have worked better than some others this weekend, "and it’d be far less disappointing to have the show stick to what’s been working recently rather than having the writer’s grasp desperately for episode concepts and end up falling short.". It was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, who directed four episodes previously for the series. Browse more videos. He gave it a score of 8.8. Harris hopes it doesn't lead to another multi-episode Chang-tries-to-kill-everyone storyline; Husted just hopes the person on the other end of the phone call reveals him- or herself soon. Troy and Annie team up and call themselves Partner & Hoolihan, respectively. … It could be that I’m just willing to see my beloved with anyone but Britta Perry." It is revealed that Abed's middle name starts with a G. When Jeff asks what the MacGuffin Institute is, the rest of the study group puts a finger on the side of their nose indicating they are not going to be the one to tell him. She does say that "I thought they would've wrapped up this whole Changnesia plot or at least sprinkle some breadcrumbs about it every episode," but that strikes me as more of a critique of her own predictive capacity than of the episode. He tells the person on the other end that everyone has believed him and he is waiting further instructions, revealing that Jeff was correct and Chang/Kevin had been faking the entire time. Directed by Joe Russo. Pierce played his typical mind games. Mar 8, 2015 - Immediately after viewing Abed's documentary, Chang/Kevin exits the study room. They both agree they'd like to have mimosas with the Dean. Liv And Maddie- Cali Style. Club gave the episode a B, calling it "a mostly enjoyable half-hour of television." He did think Donald Glover was hilarious. Abed makes a new documentary chronicling Greendale's effort to get a research grant for "Changnesia," as well as Jeff's efforts to prove that Chang is faking his disease. … Re-centering on a lead character suggests that the writers are holding on to what’s a little easier to do while they attempt to find the other characters’ voices. Wait, her what? Pelton introduces Jeff who has a special presentation in store. He … "Paranormal Parentage" This is the third "Documentary Filmmaking" episode of the series, following season two's "Intermediate Documentary Filmmaking" and season three's "Documentary Filmmaking: Redux". She is the owner of the phone number Chang had been filmed calling and hanging up on numerous times. Das war tatsächlich mal wieder … "Heroic Origins" A non-descript doctor tells us all about the … This connection is directly alluded to when we see "rent Memento" written on his arm. As they fast-forward through the footage they see Chang dialing a number and hanging up. Jeff is reviewing Britta's footage, which Abed says goes on for 12 hours and is mostly garbage. I was wrong Registriert seit 27.02.2010 Ort At the Mountains of Madness Beiträge 23.943. ", Josh Gondelman of Vulture compares "Advanced Documentary Filmmaking" to M. Night Shyamalan's Signs, calling them both "breezy and fun with a vexing conclusion." 3. Beyond that, he thought Jeff's efforts to discredit Chang were out of character with the more selfless Jeff we've mostly seen this season, and that Pierce's racist hand puppet bit was "forced and shockingly unfunny." ", Meg O'Connell of andPOP said all the stand-offs between Jeff and Chang "delivered in terms of providing hilarious confrontations" and that "everyone from the writers to the cast brought their comedic A-game." Playing next. After being chided by Shirley about second chances, Jeff outwardly complies with the group in order to continue to secretly undermine the documentary. ", Abed letting the audience watch him watch the video of an argument is similar to Director Werner Herzog in the documentary ", Chang/Kevin's checking of notes written on his body to remind him of recent memories is similar to that of Guy Pearce's character in Christopher Nolan's movie '. Back in the study room, Jeff checks up on Pierce and, as Jeff expected, came up with an offensive bit for his hosting duties at the presentation. I need to go back and check out her old reviews. Watch it Right Now! "Part of the problem is that the episode focuses on Chang, easily the most grating character and also the one that's never felt like a necessary PERMANENT addition to the show." Dean Pelton asks the study group to help secure a grant for research into Chang's memory loss, while Abed films their efforts for a documentary. 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