Sherman’s Showcase blesses us with Wes Anderson’s Civil War in this exclusive clip
IFC's Sherman's Showcase offers up a pitch-perfect Wes Anderson parody unlike any we've seen before.
Ever wonder what the Civil War would look like if Wes Anderson had directed it? Neither did we. Something about Anderson’s tweed upholstery, penchant for pedantic and introverted characters, and overwhelming pastel-hued twee vibe doesn’t lend itself to such levels of severity. And yet, Sherman’s Showcase makes the idea sublime.
In this exclusive clip from Sherman’s Showcase, the show’s parody of Anderson’s style by way of an exploration of the horrors of American slavery and the failure of reconstruction is too on-point to ignore. Pulling the narrative layering from Grand Budapest Hotel, the New York literary intelligencia from Royal Tenenbaums, and the diorama aesthetic of Rushmore and Moonrise Kingdom, Sherman’s Showcase makes good on the first rule of parody: Understand your target. Showcase creators Diallo Riddle and Bashir Salahuddin have Anderson’s number.