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9. ‘Style Without Affectation’: Honesty and Performance

Author : Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone

Published in: The Punk Turn in Comedy

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter draws out a recurring theme in both punk and altcom: the declared aim of ‘honesty’ and the drive towards authenticity, discussed in terms of the paradox of ‘style without affectation’ (Lydon in Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs: The Authorised Autobiography, Plexus, London, p. 84, 1994). Any discussion of ‘honesty’ in punk must take into account its fiction-spinning, intertwining with performance and the performative. Contexts, likewise, tend to be highlighted as productive and changeable constructs (having real effect). The discussion considers declared debts to overtly fictional characters, and fictionalised historical figures like Shakespeare’s Richard III, who is peculiarly apt as a selected influence: blatantly unsubtle and excessively visible, he occupies both ‘villain’ and ‘underdog’ positions, and irreverently parodies the political structures he manipulates. Honesty, in punk and altcom, does not preclude artifice/fiction.

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Metadata
Title
‘Style Without Affectation’: Honesty and Performance
Author
Krista Bonello Rutter Giappone
Copyright Year
2018
Book
The Punk Turn in Comedy

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-72840-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-72841-4

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72841-4_9