{"product_id":"the-biopic-and-beyond-melanie-piper-9781501361494","title":"The Biopic and Beyond: Celebrities as Characters in Screen Media","description":"Biopics and other movies and television shows based on real events are increasingly appearing at the multiplex and on streaming platforms alongside blockbuster franchises and adaptations. The appeal of movies and television shows based on true stories is that they claim to tell us what really happened, with the public and private versions of events packaged into one coherent narrative. But how do they do it, and what makes this version of events so appealing?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Biopic and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003einvestigates the process that turns the distant public figures that populate news and entertainment into screen characters that we can engage with and try to understand a little better. Even though they aren't the real thing, our engagement with fictionalized versions of public figures can, for better or worse, color the way we understand the real person behind them. Screen engagement with the fake person behind the real person doesn't only happen in biopics and docudramas, with media as varied as sketch comedy, fan fiction and the celebrity cameo contributing to the ways we understand public figures. Using case studies such as Mark Zuckerberg and \u003ci\u003eThe Social Network\u003c\/i\u003e, Sarah Palin and \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e, and Louis C.K. and \u003ci\u003eLouie\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Biopic and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e will make you think about the way you see the world through a fictionalized version of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Piper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150136149X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501361494\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Melanie Piper","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071530594559,"sku":"9781501361494","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75d57014-a2df-43d6-adb0-ea4226b1e423.jpg?v=1685436649","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-biopic-and-beyond-melanie-piper-9781501361494","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}