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Seven
theses about border genres / five modest proposals about
docudrama 1] Border
Genres have all but obliterated the old documentary
evidential - we are in a post-documentary era where 'Thou
shalt Entertain' is the One Industrial
Commandment. 2] A
mediated-evidential has converted a sober public space into
a playful one. 3] Factual TV
is the primary site of a series of vital cultural arguments,
often expressed as binaries. 4] In the
21st Century: 'Artistotalitarianism' in old media like TV;
'randomness rocks' in the new web-cam worlds (where 'story
arcs' are passé). 5]
Law/regulation seeps into a trust/belief vacuum - 'Applied
Ethics' are the responsibility of the new
audience. 6] There has
been a dispersal [dissipation?] of 'documentarist
energy' with a thousand flowers [weeds?]
blooming. 7] There is a
new balance between the explanatory and consolatory function
in documentary.
