As documentary filmmaking has seen its profile rise in recent years, it’s hardly surprising that exposure for its sarcastic, gum-chewing younger brother, the mockumentary, has also been on the increase. This week’s “Mascots,” from career mockumentarian Christopher Guest (our review from TIFF is here), represents only the tip of an iceberg that has also seen two similarly themed space-exploration faux docs “Operation Avalanche” and “Houston, We Have A Problem!

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Back in May, 1997, Entertainment Weekly dropped a news item about the Beastie Boys starring in a Spike Jonze-directed comedy, called “We Can Do This,” which was supposed to be a cross between “Zelig” and their wacky video for “Sabotage” (also visualized by Jonze). “Zelig,” for those that forget was about a human chameleon Leonard Zelig, who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act exactly like whoever is around him (sounds C.

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