But the trend for putting journalists at the centre of docudramas is a new one.
Honest-to-goodness, 100 percent-genuine facts in an age of docudramas and fictionalized histories.
Jack Seale A new series of docudramas about enemies of the Romans begins with Hannibal.
If the most celebrated of "docudramas", Spielberg's Schindler's List, could go to lengths to authenticate its storyline, why should not any film claiming truth to history?
The Grammy-winning musician Steve Earle, who starred in the political docudrama "The Exonerated," takes up the issue of the death penalty once again, but this time as a playwright in this drama about Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman to be executed in Texas since the Civil War (1 30).
The Grammy-winning musician Steve Earle, who starred in the political docudrama "The Exonerated," takes up the issue of the death penalty once again, but this time as a playwright in this drama about Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman in Texas since the Civil War to receive the death penalty and have it carried out (1 30).
This issue arises in "docudramas" as well: this week the US television channel Lifetime premiered a film about Amanda Knox, convicted in the murder of Meredith Kercher, while Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was portrayed as the obnoxious lead character in award-winning film The Social Network.
He even has a bit of Paddy Ashdown.' Myerson and Hyman say they hope Number 10, like The West Wing, will move political drama beyond the satire of programmes like Yes, Minister and the 'one-issue' polemic of recent docudramas on David Blunkett, John Prescott and Tony Blair.
Mr. Borg, an amiable optimist who confesses to daddy issues, and Mr. Rizzolo, a steady father and skeptic, push the limits of docudrama, indirectly revealing psychological character portraits of themselves without introducing overtly fictional elements.
Technically, the whole program is a species of docudrama performance, a highly specialized endurance challenge.
