The Ralph Handel Story (2006)

Benny Safdies deadpan spoof of standup comedy and staged cinéma verité verges on performance art His Ralph Handel is a humorless whitecollar worker who unaccountably spends his nights working the open mic circuit Safdie bravely committed himself to actual nightclubs for several of these abysmal routines lending a curious note of authenticity to the counterfeit documentary