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- adjective theater, mildly derogatory
amateurish ormawkish , but believed worthy ofcritical praise by itsparticipants
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Referring to the 1995 mockumentary Waiting for Guffman. See -esque.
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The post screening discussion revealed that at least one of the performers chronicled, evangelical Christian and New York transplant Geoffrey Hastings Haberer, was more than aware of the Guffmanesque aspects of Branson performances.
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