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The Rehearsal

2022 · 2 seasons

A cringe-inducing, meticulously constructed experiment that blurs reality and performance, leaving you uneasy and amused.

Created by
Nathan Fielder
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Nathan Fielder, Gigi Burgdorf, K. Todd Freeman
Tagline
Some connections are easy to miss.
Overview
With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life's biggest moments by "rehearsing" them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world, why leave life to chance?

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Created by
Nathan Fielder
Genres
Comedy, Documentary
Starring
Nathan Fielder, Gigi Burgdorf, K. Todd Freeman
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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • deception
  • parenthood
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • mockumentary
  • unreliable narrator
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour8
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, documentary
Created by
Nathan Fielder
Written by
Adam Locke-Norton, Nathan Fielder, Eric Notarnicola, Carrie Kemper
Starring
Nathan Fielder, Gigi Burgdorf, K. Todd Freeman, Tony Nation, Vilma Ortiz Donovan, Joshua Benard, Thomas McNamara, Sophia California Rain
Cinematography
Marco Cordero
Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes
Network
HBO
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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