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03444aam a2200433Ii 4500 001 F0408C04101A11EA8DA14E4D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191126010151 008 180219t20182018sz a bq 001 0 eng d 010 $a 2018942706 020 $a 9783319778471 020 $a 3319778471 035 $a (OCoLC)1023537217 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCO $d EAU $d NYP $d ERASA $d IUL $d UKMGB $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PN1995.9.D62 $b W35 2018 082 04 $a 791.43/617 $2 23 082 04 $a 070.1/8 $2 23 100 1 $a Wallace, Richard $c (Film teacher), $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2018146517 245 10 $a Mockumentary comedy : $b performing authenticity / $c Richard Wallace. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2018] 300 $a xiii, 226 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 22 cm. 490 1 $a Palgrave studies in comedy 504 $a Includes bibliographical references, filmography (pages 211-214), and index. 505 0 $a 1. The Fine Line between Stupid and Clever: An Introduction -- Part I. Music : 2. Acting Naturally: Performing The Beatles -- 3. Parodying Performance in This Is Spinal Tap -- 4. Best in Show: Christopher Guest as a Mockumentary Auteur -- Part II. Politics : 5. 'The Day the PM Joined The Thick of It': The Mockumentary and New Labour -- 6. Campaigning for Authenticity in the Post-Truth Era -- 7. Conclusion: Digital Mockumentary -- Media References -- Index. 520 $a "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"--Back cover. 650 0 $a Documentary-style films $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Documentary-style television programs $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Comedy films $x History and criticism. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008101229 650 0 $a Television comedies $x History and criticism. 650 7 $a Comedy films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00869095 650 7 $a Documentary-style films. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00896106 650 7 $a Documentary-style television programs. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01893524 650 7 $a Television comedies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01146832 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411635 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9783319778488 830 0 $a Palgrave studies in comedy. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017029393 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191126021013.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F0408C04101A11EA8DA14E4D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search