English

Alternative forms

• shlockumentary

Noun

schlockumentary ‎(plural schlockumentaries)

1. (pejorative) A documentary programme or film regarded as schlock, typically due to its content being deemed sensationalistic, propagandistic, or factually inaccurate.
   • 1999, Troy Patterson, "Celebrities: Caught on Camera", Entertainment Weekly, 5 March 1999:

     The narrator of this 53-minute schlockumentary insists that "the public's appetite for seeing their favorite stars caught off guard... is insatiable."

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:schlockumentary.