the two-part saga “Batsh*t Valley” manages to both parody and celebrate its source material through vivid production design and inspired comedic performances. In this case, the very real documentary is Netflix’s spellbinding, five-party sagaand generally disrupted the lives of residents in Antelope, Oregon during the ‘80s. The first episode of the parody hews fairly closely to the original story, while the second chapter adds a twist that takes things in a very different direction.
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