Richard Wallace

(Author)

Mockumentary Comedy: Performing Authenticity (Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018)Paperback - Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018, 26 December 2018

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Part of Series
Palgrave Studies in Comedy
Print Length
226 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Date Published
26 Dec 2018
ISBN-10
3030085546
ISBN-13
9783030085544

Description

This book is the first to take comedy seriously as an important aspect of the popular mockumentary form of film and television fiction. It examines the ways in which mockumentary films and television programmes make visible--through comedy--the performances that underpin straight documentaries and many of our public figures. Mockumentary Comedy focuses on the rock star and the politician, two figures that regularly feature as mockumentary subjects. These public figures are explored through detailed textual analyses of a range of film and television comedies, including A Hard Day's Night, This is Spinal Tap, The Thick of It, Veep and the works of Christopher Guest and Alison Jackson. This book broadens the scope of existing mockumentary scholarship by taking comedy seriously in a sustained way for the first time. It ultimately argues that the comedic performances--by performers and of documentary conventions--are central to the form's critical significance and popular appeal.

Product Details

Author:
Richard Wallace
Book Edition:
Softcover Reprint of the Original 1st 2018
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
26 December 2018
Dimensions:
21.01 x 14.81 x 1.3 cm
ISBN-10:
3030085546
ISBN-13:
9783030085544
Language:
English
Location:
Cham
Pages:
226
Weight:
294.83 gm

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