%0 Journal Article
%T Reality Is Unrealistic. Journalist Report as a Source of Narrative about War in HBO’s Miniseries “Generation Kill”
%A Płaneta, Paweł
%J Media Research Issues
%V 2016
%R 10.4467/2299-6362PZ.16.010.5187
%N Volume 59, Issue 1 (225)
%P 135-149
%K mediatization, war, journalist report, documentary, tv fiction
%@ 0555-0025
%D 2016
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/article/reality-is-unrealistic-dziennikarska-relacja-jako-zrodlo-narracji-o-wojnie-w-miniserialu-hbo-generation-kill
%X 
	Reality Is Unrealistic. Journalist Report as a Source of Narrative about War
	in HBO’s Miniseries “Generation Kill”

	
	The popular HBO mini-series “Generation Kill” is a successful attempt to develop a new formula of narrative fiction founded on the journalistic report – a hybrid, quasi-documentary narrative based on “explanatory” as well as “participatory” modes. The radically realistic audiovisual representation of the events was thus constructed. The creators of the series – deriving from the reportage of Evan Wright – raised important social issues. We are dealing with an interesting perspective on the generation of “disposable children”, young Americans shaped by the global pop culture; young marines operating in Iraq of 2003 are ‘elite killers’, ‘devil dogs’ of the USA, disillusioned to the world of politics and war. The series also shows the chaos of war, during which even the most powerful military machine in the world, the US military – in some cases – fails. Despite its critical sound, the series does not impress of didactic moralizing tone. Both HBO and Wright’s book are characterized by a complete lack of political correctness, which gives way to realism of the characters and events.