ABSTRACT In an era in which comedians have been positioned as public commentators, a cycle of Australian television documentaries centres on the premise of a comedian’s investigation of a theme of existential significance. Produced for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, these series are Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure (2009), Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey (2011), Judith Lucy is All Woman (2015) and Luke Warm Sex (2016). This article examines the relationship between genre-mixing and cultural commentary in this cycle, which explores themes of life goals and identity, spirituality, gender and sex. Employing conventions of personalized documentary, these docucomedies use performance reflexively to highlight spectacle and explore the humour of awkward situations and contemporary and changing cultural values. Central to each series is the positioning of the comedian as commentator, central participant, therapeutic subject and performer. Using humour to address uncertainties about what is acceptable in today’s society, these docucomedies draw on traditions of Australian screen comedy and non-fiction representation to serve as public pedagogy about twenty-first-century concerns, from spirituality and mediated intimacy to pornography.

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漫画调查和流派混合：劳伦斯梁、朱迪思露西和卢克麦格雷戈的电视纪录片

摘要在喜剧演员被定位为公共评论员的时代，一系列澳大利亚电视纪录片以喜剧演员对具有存在意义的主题的调查为前提。为澳大利亚广播公司制作，这些系列是劳伦斯·梁的选择你自己的冒险 (2009)、朱迪思·露西的精神之旅 (2011)、朱迪思·露西全是女人 (2015) 和卢克温暖的性爱 (2016)。本文探讨了这一循环中体裁混合与文化评论之间的关系，探讨了人生目标和身份、灵性、性别和性等主题。这些纪录片采用个性化纪录片的惯例，反射性地使用表演来突出奇观，探索尴尬情境中的幽默以及当代和不断变化的文化价值观。每个系列的核心是将喜剧演员定位为评论员、中心参与者、治疗对象和表演者。这些纪录片利用幽默来解决当今社会可接受的不确定性，借鉴澳大利亚电影喜剧和非虚构作品的传统，作为关于 21 世纪关注点的公共教育学，从灵性和中介亲密关系到色情。