Documentary - tragedy or comedy ?

Editing a documentary...( unscripted possibly )...and wondering about how to make it coherent, to " tell a story ", is it always "dramatic" to come extent ? Like, does it have to be a tragedy or comedy ?
Tragedy: Protagonist has fatal character flaw that spells his demise after meeting a crisis. ( Macbeth )
Comedy: Protagonist meets crisis and from dealing with it "changes"....becomes a different sort of person in a way....different way of thinking...so that he / she succeeds passing through the crisis and learns from it. ( It's A Wonderful Life )
So, I'm sorta wondering....doing a documentary ....how can you tell the story without having one or the other dramatic " story line of some sort " theme in place ? That you use for the script that wasn't there when the footage was shot ....
Put a "spin " on it ....tell a " story "...
I guess you'd have to do more "figurative " art type films to really do documentaries without adding a drama of some sort to it when editing ?
Rod

hummmm
the fact that it is a documentary you are documenting a subject
was the subject a learning experience? i.e. rebuilding devestated area..new orleans
was the subject a tradgic experience?..a mother looses her son to war or crime
was it humorous? cabbie helps lady give birth.. and the lady was a mime and could not scream
depends on subject matter
don

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