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Tickling and teasing the real: mocking reality TV in the film Series 7

Kevin Taylor Anderson, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Abstract

This article compares the ways in which both reality TV and mockumentary film make "truth" claims. Also examined is the ways in which faux documentaries masquerade by artfully mixing direct cinema with narrative fiction in order to impart a socio-cultural critique.

Suggested Citation

Kevin Taylor Anderson. "Tickling and teasing the real: mocking reality TV in the film Series 7" Post Script 28.3 (2009): 107-121.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kevin_taylor_anderson/1