Batsh*t Valley
Batsh*t Valley is a 2019 two-part episode of the acclaimed Emmy Award-nominated mockumentary series Documentary Now!.
Inspirations
[edit]It parodies the hit Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country[1] and the 2012 documentary film The Source Family.[2]
Summary
[edit]In 1980,[3] cult leader Father Ra-Shawbard (Owen Wilson), under the surveillance of FBI agent Bill Dawes (Michael Keaton), and his followers (alongside his militant second-in-command Ra-Sharir (Necar Zadegan[4]) has taken over the small town of Chinook, Oregon (soon to be renamed Ra-Shawbard's Butthole).[5]
See also
[edit]- Pittsburgh Steelers - the robes that Ra-Shawbard's followers wore were based on the color schemes of the Super Bowl-winning team
- Holy Hell - 2016 documentary about the Buddhafield cult
References
[edit]- ^ The Best ‘Documentary Now!’ Episodes, and the Must-Watch Docs That Inspired Them - The Peabody Awards
- ^ ‘Documentary Now!’: Behind the Scenes of How Owen Wilson Became a Cult Leader - IndieWire
- ^ See ‘Documentary Now!’ Spoof ‘Wild Wild Country’ With ‘Batsh-t Valley’ - Rolling Stone
- ^ Owen Wilson on Playing a Cocaine-Fueled Cult Leader in ‘Documentary Now!’ - The Daily Beast
- ^ Documentary Now! provides a wildly accurate satire of Netflix's cult docuseries|A.V. Club