docudrama

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I was at first a bit put off by this puppeteering of some of the great thinkers of the 20th century, until I realized that if it had been a film-even a "docudrama" - it would have bothered me less.

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  1. noun A television or movie dramatization of events based on fact.

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  • When you watch a torn-from-the-headlines docudrama, there's an easy way to judge whether it works as a movie: Do you really feel like you're seeing the story behind the headlines, or does the film just make you long for the depth and detail of an actual news report? —  RNews - TOP STORIES
  • I was at first a bit put off by this puppeteering of some of the great thinkers of the 20th century, until I realized that if it had been a film-even a "docudrama" - it would have bothered me less. —  American Scientist Online
  • The excuse that this program is a "docudrama" is nothing other than a thinly veiled excuse to mix fact with fiction in such a way that they become indistinguishable from one another. —  msnbc.com: Community
  • I have already made my feelings about this upcoming "docudrama" known to ABC Corporate but feel compelled to back it up with a message to you, since WOI is the face of ABC in central Iowa. —  msnbc.com: Community
  • These are the fundamental human rights questions posed by this super-realistic docudrama which takes a long look at ethnic cleansing from both the perspective of the cleansed and from the point-of-view of the perpetrators of the crimes against humanity. —  Black Entertainment : Black News : Urban News : Hip Hop News - EURweb.com
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