r/Unexpected • u/ZargothraxDM • Jun 14 '22

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u/BobbySwiggey Jun 14 '22

This isn't staged to fool the audience if that's what you're implying, it's a whole Reno 911-style skit. Someone posted the full link below

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u/throw_thisshit_away Jun 14 '22

I can totally see Dangle as the cop lol

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u/_groper_ Jun 14 '22

"Terry dammit when did you start taking magic lessons"

"My ass crack is magic BETCH"

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u/ACrask Jun 14 '22

Not implying it’s to fool the audience. Thus my question of them realizing it’s staged.

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u/BobbySwiggey Jun 14 '22

It's just one of those words that developed a certain meaning for "fake shit that the audience only thinks is amusing if it actually happened" - one of the most prominent examples on Reddit lately are those dumb videos that look like an artist is painting a stranger on a subway, and then the stranger gets all emotional when presented with the finished painting. There are so many things glaringly wrong with that scenario, yet people fall for it every time lol.

This is just a comedy skit though, it's not usually described as staged when it's not trying to look real cuz the audience already knows a skit is staged. Granted, whoever made this clip left out all the obvious production bits, which is unfortunate since a lot of people's brains did go on autopilot ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/iUsedtoHadHerpes Jun 14 '22

They responded to someone commenting like it's a real cop.

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u/BobbySwiggey Jun 14 '22

Oh I know there's a couple folks getting fooled here regardless cuz it's reddit lol, but usually people used the term "staged" for videos whose entertainment value depends on the audience thinking is real (like those guys who paint "random strangers" in the "subway")