In his book, The Confessions of a Hoaxer, Alan Abel likens what he does to "a life game, an adventure in absurdity, an adult fairytale in which he engages people emotionally and intellectually. The audience gets involved and has to decide for itself what's going on and what's to be learned from the experience. Everybody is a participant."
After 50 years of 'professional' pranking, Alan continues to poke fun at the media's complicity, its fallibility and the all-too-often blind rush to scoop a salacious story. As Jenny Abel indicated in an interview with NPR's ON THE MEDIA, her father is an activist in his own weird way. His pranks not only provide a rich commentary on the media, but the majority of his elaborate stunts shed necessary light on various socio-political issues in a satirical manner. Alan Abel's pranks ultimately raise questions as to how the fake reporting of real news and the real reporting of fake news might threaten to take over in the battle to dominate the airwaves.
Please help spread the word about Alan and his work. ABEL RAISES CAIN was a labor of love, ten years in the making, and we are tirelessly promoting it in order to make sure that the film gets seen by as wide an audience as possible...but we need YOUR help since we're self-distributing and there's only a few of us on this team!
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(Alan is always looking for hoaxing confederates and people willing to help picket, etc. Please send us an email if you are interested in helping out with any future pranks.) 
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