The Biopic and Beyond
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-6149-4 (ISBN)
The Biopic and Beyond investigates the process that turns the distant public figures that populate news and entertainment into screen characters that we can engage with and try to understand a little better. Even though they aren’t the real thing, our engagement with fictionalized versions of public figures can, for better or worse, color the way we understand the real person behind them. Screen engagement with the fake person behind the real person doesn’t only happen in biopics and docudramas, with media as varied as sketch comedy, fan fiction and the celebrity cameo contributing to the ways we understand public figures. Using case studies such as Mark Zuckerberg and The Social Network, Sarah Palin and Saturday Night Live, and Louis C.K. and Louie, The Biopic and Beyond will make you think about the way you see the world through a fictionalized version of it.
Melanie Piper holds a PhD in Film and Television Studies from the University of Queensland, Australia, where she teaches in the School of Communication and Arts. She has published articles in journals including Celebrity Studies, Persona Studies, Transformative Works and Cultures, and M/C. Her dream is to one day write a biopic about feminist grunge icon Courtney Love and receive a subsequent cease-and-desist notice from her.
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Any Resemblance is Completely Intended
1. Re-Creating the Public
2. Creating the Private
3. The Illusion of Access
4. Beyond the Biopic: Sketch Comedy
5. Beyond the Biopic: Celebrities Play Themselves
6. Beyond the Biopic: Real Person Fan Fiction
Conclusion: Defined by Docucharacter
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 30.07.2022 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5013-6149-X / 150136149X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5013-6149-4 / 9781501361494 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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