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Faking It: Mockumentaries Tell the Truth — or Do They?

by Winnie Wang
February 9, 2026
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How mockumentaries like The Dirties, Punishment Park, and The Clowns play with our suspension of disbelief and the line between fiction and non-fiction.

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