Modern Warfare
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"Modern Warfare" is a critically acclaimed episode of the TV sitcom Community, known for its inventive paintball-war parody of action and war films.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modern Warfare sub-series of Call of Duty | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Community episode
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television episode ⓘ |
| basedOn | action cinema conventions ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | single-camera ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception |
critically acclaimed
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often cited as one of the best episodes of Community ⓘ |
| director | Justin Lin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuredMusic | action-style score and sound design ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Abed Nadir
NERFINISHED
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Annie Edison NERFINISHED ⓘ Ben Chang NERFINISHED ⓘ Britta Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Winger NERFINISHED ⓘ Pierce Hawthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ Shirley Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy Barnes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAiredInCountry | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Pascal's Triangle Revisited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
action comedy
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parody ⓘ sitcom ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
competition
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friendship under fire ⓘ pop culture meta-commentary ⓘ |
| influenced | later Community paintball episodes ⓘ |
| inUniverseEvent | Greendale paintball assassin game NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkStatusAtAir | first-run broadcast ⓘ |
| notableElement |
campus-wide paintball war
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homage to action movie tropes ⓘ |
| notableFor |
cinematic action style uncommon for sitcoms
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genre-bending narrative structure ⓘ |
| originalAirDate | 2010-05-06 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| parodies |
action films
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war films ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotFocus | students compete in a paintball game for a prize ⓘ |
| precededBy | English as a Second Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCode | 123 ⓘ |
| seriesEpisodeNumber | 23 ⓘ |
| seriesSeason | 1 ⓘ |
| setting | Greendale Community College NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| showrunner | Dan Harmon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | Modern Warfare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Emily Cutler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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