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The mockumentary is nothing new. And TV licence holders can see the funniest one ever made on BBC1 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Theater Camp, an affectionate ribbing of children\u2019s musical theatre, is nowhere near as accomplished as Rob Reiner\u2019s 1984 heavy metal spoof This Is Spinal Tap.<\/p>\n
The songs aren\u2019t as catchy, the lines aren\u2019t as sharp and there are no mishaps with badly measured stage props. But a game cast delivers a few wry smiles and a couple of gentle cringes.<\/p>\n
The setting is an upstate summer camp in New York where misfit kids get to air their jazz hands while preparing a show for their doting parents.<\/p>\n
A documentary crew captures a crunch year for the camp after a strobe light sends founder Joan Rubinsky (Amy Sedaris) into a coma while scouting for new recruits.<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> Next James Bond \u2013 Daniel Craig\u2019s 007 replacement has already broken a record<\/strong><\/p>\n Her utterly idiotic \u201cinfluencer\u201d son Troy (Jimmy Tatro) takes over, only to find the camp is on the brink of bankruptcy. As the self-appointed business genius tries to save it, luvvie teachers Rebecca-Diane (Molly Gordon) and Amos (Ben Platt) decide to stage Joan, Still, a musical biopic about their ailing founder.<\/p>\n The closest thing to a quotable line involves a teary performer being called \u201cthe Lance Armstrong of acting\u201d for secretly using a tear stick.<\/p>\n But I suspect co-directors Gordon and Nick Lieberman over-estimated their cast\u2019s capacity for improvised comedy. A tighter script may have reined in some of their performances.<\/p>\n Gordon and Platt are suitably theatrical but Tatro really turns it up to 11.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/36\/590x\/secondary\/4926220.jpg?r=1692899643470\")
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