Description
Book SynopsisThis is the first detailed study of the rich vein of mockumentary television programmes, covering series such as The Larry Sanders Show, The Daily Show, and the British and American versions of The Office to discuss how producers have experimented with mockumentary as a distinctive approach to storytelling. -- .
Table of ContentsList of figures
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
I: Defining mockumentary
1. Mockumentary discourse: a call to play
2. The mockumentary across media
II: Mockumentary in televisual space
3. The televisual space
4. Television and the real: documentary traditions and hybrid forms
5. Television realism, drama-documentary and dramatic vérité
6. Comedic traditions: satire, sitcom and comedy vérité
III: Television mockumentary series
7. Experimenting with mockumentary forms
8. Surveillance and discipline: fake news and mock-reality TV
9. Mockusoaps: people and places
Conclusion
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
