Five modest proposals about docudrama Derek Paget Seven theses about border genres / five modest proposals about docudrama   Uploaded 20 September 2002  Abstract
1] Docudrama inherited the historic task of Documentary - righting political and ethical wrongs in societies that can never be just (but can sometimes be merciful). Commentary 2] In a performative culture, narratives will be (preferably) personal - and the personal, of course, is political. Commentary 3] Docudrama's narratives are conceived mainly in the first person singular, but the first person plural narrative has not been erased. Commentary 4] Americanised docudrama Claims the Public on occasions like the old British dramadoc. Commentary 5] To theatricalize public occurrence is to engage in a mode of aesthetic and ethical inquiry. Commentary Comment on this section The seven theses