Episode 145: The Anatomy of Genres โ A Conversation with John Truby
Beyond the Screenplay
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The Great Gatsby and Mad Men
Gatsby is a Gangster. One scene from Gatsby was copied directly by one of the three Gangster films that originally set the form, Scarface. Mad Men is our modern great Gatsby. Both have a main character who has reinvented himself based on a lie. And they're both about the basic creed of America that says, you can be anyone you want to be.
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