[Ads-l] to "document"

[Jonathan Lighter]

Cf. this. The reviewer is aware that the book is
semi-autobiographical fiction:

1948 _Atlantic Mo._ (Nov.)
 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1948/11/readns-choice/643171/
<https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1948/11/readns-choice/643171/>
 The story is an exhaustive documentary of the war’s last phase and
frustrating aftermath.

JL

On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 2:33 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
> Not in OED. 'To present (as in cinema) seriously and with
> documentary-style realism' (I suppose.)
>
> 2010 Mark Jenkins, NPR
> https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128932751 :
> Writer-director Samuel Maoz documents the Israeli incursion from the
> viewpoint of one tank and its four crew members.
>
> Jenkins describes _Lebanon_, a semi-autobiographical war movie, not a
> documentary.
>
> I first noticed this usage in _TV Guide_ some 20 years ago (maybe more)
> but was always too lazy to mention it.
>
> JL
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>


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