@inbook{2fea81b7c340467aa6c9f6ef222cb509,
title = "'Actual Idiocy' and the Sublime Object of Susan Boyle",
abstract = "This chapter is provoked and inspired by {\v Z}i{\v z}ek in equal measure. The provocation comes from a fleeting reference to {\textquoteleft}actual idiots{\textquoteright}, a term used in the background of {\v Z}i{\v z}ek{\textquoteright}s analysis of the protagonists in the film Idioterne.1 The consideration of this term prompts a reflection on what might constitute {\textquoteleft}actual idiocy{\textquoteright} as a topic for analysis in its own right.",
author = "David Calvert",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781137410900",
series = "Performance Philosophy",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan UK",
pages = "178--195",
editor = "Broderick Chow and Alex Mangold",
booktitle = "{\v Z}i{\v z}ek and Performance",
address = "United Kingdom",
}