Ep 120 - The Comic Hero's Journey with Steve Kaplan
The Successful Screenwriter with Geoffrey D Calhoun: Screenwriting Podcast
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The Most Important Part of Long Form Narrative of Comic Films
In a romantic comedy, there's always the break up of the lovers. The most important part of long form narrative of comic films is not the funny stuff,. But if there are characters involved in a story that we care about, we're both going to be involved. A michael hag uses the term a essence in identity, meaning there's something essential in a person, but they havenat identity. They put a mask on. So in 40 year old virgin, there's the fight, the break up fight, happens when she wants to make love. She says, i'll dress up for you ill dressed like iron man. And I just want and she says, i just want
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