Phony Definitions

This chapter is a little confusing at first, but makes sense when trying figure it out. The author talks about how the fake world reflects the real world. Typically when something fake it being portrayed in film, it was thought up because of something real. The book uses the example in Citizen Kane. The newsreel is what they say is the fake reflecting the real because it represents who owns the media, whos is in the news, and what it is about. Even though the character is fake, The news is handled in that same manner. What the chapter is highlighting is that fake documentaries, ven though labeled fake, have a certain reality behind their structure. They undoand then redo reality and just put a twist on it. That goes for most "real" documentaries because one can argue that the same process takes place. A direcor will always have their own spin to put on it. Fake docs also do not suggest the truth of the real documentary. That becomes noticeable through the rather obvious flawed depiction of their subjects. It will also not fall back upon the authorizing function of its form. Though it gets its label of fake, it is using the real as its foundation leaving the viewer the question the authenticity of the real documentary.