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June 17

Looking for a Mockumentary made in the last 15 years

I know I saw this mockumentary film, a fake newscast set in the future about some astronauts landing on a planet. I could swear that one of the main "anchors" was a black woman. This film is like those fake news mockumentaries like "Without Warning" and "Special Bulletin". Does anyone know what this film is? I'm going crazy! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.37.28 (talk) 10:02, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Two alternatives, though a bit more recent than 15 years:

1. Maybe this BBC 'fictional documentary' about a manned grand tour of the planets. It was called Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets and one of the characters, Nina Sulman, was played by black British actress Michelle Joseph.

2. Maybe Defying Gravity, a multinational co-production based on the above BBC documentary but more of a TV drama. This show featured black Canadian actress Karen LeBlanc as Earth-based character, Eve Weller-Shaw.

Astronaut (talk) 17:37, 19 June 2013 (UTC)

Nope. This was not on film and looked like a real newscast but set in the future. Anyone else know?

Argh. I think I've seen it too, but any details in my memory are obscured by the end of episode 35 of Monty Python's Flying Circus. —Tamfang (talk) 04:43, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

Particular episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Hi, I'm looking for the episode where the "good guys" (I think it was an episode that had Casey Novak as ADA) arrange for a totally unsuitable lawyer for one of their suspects, hoping to gain a tactical advantage that way. Anybody out there that happens to remember the episode title/production number? Thanks in advance -- 149.172.200.27 (talk) 11:10, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

It might be the episode titled "Ace" (Season 11, Episode 22) where the ADA obtained a shadow counsel for a suspect because of issues with the regular defense attorney.    → Michael J Ⓣ Ⓒ Ⓜ 19:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Hmm, I found this episode summary http://allthingslawandorder.blogspot.de/2010/05/law-order-svu-ace-recap-review.html and it doesn't sound like what I remembered. In "Ace", the appointment of the shadow counsel is in the suspect's interest, whilst in the episode I remember, they deliberately picked a lawyer that was "bad" for the suspect. What I don't remember is if it was a lawyer that specialized in another field, maybe family law or something like that, or if it was a lawyer they knew the suspect would have issues with (like a Jewish lawyer for a Ku-Klux-Klan/Nazi suspect). -- 188.105.132.92 (talk) 20:52, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Johnny Nash's many notes in a word

Is there a musical term for this sequence of pitches in a word of a song? In a video of Johnny Nash singing "I Can See Clearly Now", he begins to sing the word "skies", then drops into different notes and/or pitches, cascading through eight changes, before finishing the word. Here: [1] beginning at 1.31. And is it notes? or registers. Thanks in advance, Manytexts (talk) 11:43, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Melisma. ---Sluzzelin talk 12:00, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Perfect, thanks. I'd like to add Nash's treatment as an example, into that article. Is it okay to reference this video as it is either on Youtube or to this lyrics site? Manytexts (talk) 12:33, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

The ideal solution would be to find a source that describes Nash's style as melisma. Referencing the video means that you're the one making the connection, and that, IMHO, counts as Original Research. Rojomoke (talk) 12:53, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

Perfect! thank you, Manytexts (talk) 02:07, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

What is the key of the first YouTube music video to reach 10⁹ views?

Is it B minor? Czech is Cyrillized (talk) 12:50, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

According to this link, it is indeed written in B Minor. Hia10 (talk) 18:10, 17 June 2013 (UTC)