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Many of the genre characteristics of the documentary, whether intentionally or not, serve to reassure the viewer that the people and actions depicted are true and sincere. When a documentary strays from certain conventions, viewers question the actuality of the content. Such is the case in Godboutís The Fate of America, where the heavy staging and scripting cause the viewer to question the validity of the filmmakerís ëchanceí meeting of RenÈ Dubois. However, when a fiction film adopts the genre conventions of a documentary, the reverse occurs. Whereas the viewer of a documentary may question whether the supposed non-fiction is actually fiction, the viewer of a mocumentary is presented with the possibility that fiction is actually true.

The mocumentary is a fiction film which presents its content in the form of a documentary. Many mocumentaries adopt the form of the documentary in order to present a fictional person or incidence in a humorous way. In This is Spinal......



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