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#94 - Rocky (1976)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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The Lock-in in Rocky

The lock-in is setting up a hero with a goal and a big obstacle in the way. The rooting resume is just, and we'll talk about that in a second, reasons to root for a person. John Wick's world keeps beating them down and keeping kind of crapping on them. That's the number one way to set up an underdog story.

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