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About
Parks and Recreation
This show is a mockumentary that looks at the exciting world of local
government. The half-hour comedy examines the mundane but necessary ways that
people interact with their government, and ask why it's frequently so
complicated -- as everyone knows from standing in line at the DMV, applying for
home construction permits, or trying to get the city to fix a pothole. The
documentary cameras follow Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler, NBC’s "Saturday
Night Live," "Baby Mama") a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and
Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana. In an attempt to beautify her town --
and advance her career -- Leslie takes on what should be a fairly simple
project: help local nurse Ann Perkins (Rashida Jones, NBC’s "The
Office," "Unhitched") turn an abandoned construction pit into a
community park. Opposing them are defensive bureaucrats, selfish neighbors, real
estate developers, and single-issue fanatics -- whose weapons are lawsuits, the
jumble of city codes, and the very democratic process that Leslie loves so much.