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Mythology (STORYTELLING) with John Bucher

Ologies with Alie Ward

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The Mythology of History

John will consult on tivishos and films that have like religious or mythological connections. Or he might be in the writers room for, say, a show that takes place ancient rome so he can give some contexts to roman stories. If you're trying to tell a truthful story that relates to our culture to day, you sort of have to use the psychology of the way people think to day. But you also need to be true to the history. So you have to find a middle ground, psychologically, between the motivations people understand to day and the history of what was happening at the time.

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