A friend from the vaudeville scene was describing (Facebook once again) a film made by another performer. A hagiography is an uncritical biography (or, originally, biography of a saint), and Alistair Crowley apparently caled his own autobiography an autohagiography. The pic part comes from biopic, because the work in question is a film. I rather hope this term might take off, despite its complicated make up.
Is it possible to consider some of the "personal" stories of our popular storytellers, autohagiographic?
ReplyDeleteNot sure about liftoff, but it makes a good story anyway. Thanks!
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