Mockumentary Comedy: Performing Authenticity

by Richard Wallace

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030085546
• ISBN13: 9783030085544
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"