1. Introduction: Any Resemblance is Completely Intended
Defining Docucharacter
2. Re-Creating the Public
Locating a Fiction: Patriots Day
Repurposing and Re-Presenting the Real: Tonya and O.J.
Reflexive Reconstruction: The Disaster Artist
3. Creating the Private
Mark Zuckerberg as a Public Source Text
Motivating Mark: Constructing the Neoclassical Biopic Character in The Social Network
Public Words, Private Voices
4. The Illusion of Access
Seeing the Unseen
Stylizing Subjectivity
Feeling Facts
5. Beyond the Biopic: Sketch Comedy
Saturday Night Live and Celebrity Impersonation
The Multiple Lives of "Sarah Feylin"
Re-Creating Events in the Docucharacter Sketch
Game Change: Palin in Docudrama
6. Beyond the Biopic: Celebrities Play Themselves
Narrative Functions of Celebrity Cameos
Fictional Self as Authentic Self: Stand Up Comedians in Semi-Autobiographical Fictions
When Reality Interrupts: Louis C.K. and Louie C.K.
7. Beyond the Biopic: Real Person Fan Fiction
RPF as a Fan Practice
Preserving Character in Docufantasy
Writing in the Margins, Re-writing Lives
8. Conclusion: Defined by Docucharacter
Bibliography
Index