https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/kerimfriedman.xml It's just a feed for now Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:45:11 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:45:13 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Tue, April 30, 2024 12:45 AM EDT <p>Read an article today which suggests that trauma backstories are a recent trend in TV story writing, but the thing is that this has been a staple of film screenplay writing for decades. It is closely connected to the way people are taught to write screenplays and the kinds of stories studios expect to produce. Central to these is the notion of &quot;the hero&#39;s journey&quot; in which the main character must overcome his (or, less often, her) inner demons before they can achieve their goals. Trauma is an easy way to manufacture such inner demons for characters, and the language of pop psychology (especially that of recovery programs) is an easy way to talk about this inner struggle. I have always been bored and put off by such narratives, but they have been so ubiquitous, and for so long, that I find it strange that it is suddenly being treated as if it is a trend?</p> <p><a href="https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-past-is-never-dead-on-tvs-backstory-problem/">https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-past-is-never-dead-on-tvs-backstory-problem/</a></p> Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:45:11 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=367607 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=367607 Read an article today which suggests that trauma backstories are a recent trend in TV story writing, but the thing is that this has been a staple of film screenplay writing for decades. It is closely connected to the way people are taught to write screenplays and the kinds of stories studios expect to produce. Central to these is the notion of "the hero's journey" in which the main character must overcome his (or, less often, her) inner demons before they can achieve their goals. Trauma is an easy way to manufacture such inner demons for characters, and the language of pop psychology (especially that of recovery programs) is an easy way to talk about this inner struggle. I have always been bored and put off by such narratives, but they have been so ubiquitous, and for so long, that I find it strange that it is suddenly being treated as if it is a trend? https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-past-is-never-dead-on-tvs-backstory-problem/