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Prologue: The Monomyth

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Prologue: The Monomyth
The Hero with a Thousand Faces - by Joseph Campbell
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Reading over the Prologue reminds me of The Reduced Shakespeare Company's Completely Hollywood. They start the show with a discussion identifying the main archetypal catagories that all films/story plot lines all into. If I remember right there were 6 -- at the moment I can only remember 4.

1. Coming of Age
2. Boy gets girl (or Girl gets boy)
3. Road Trip
4. Jesus story

I will have to ask my daughter for the rest.
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Of course Silence of the Lambs needed a little adjustment - Boy eats girl.
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Saffron wrote:Of course Silence of the Lambs needed a little adjustment - Boy eats girl.
:P :D

Saffron, I'm highly embarassed! I haven't even received my copy of the book and here you are posting already (good girl, keep it up)!!! If all goes well, my copy should arrive in 4 days.
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oblivion wrote:
Saffron wrote:Of course Silence of the Lambs needed a little adjustment - Boy eats girl.
:P :D

Saffron, I'm highly embarassed! I haven't even received my copy of the book and here you are posting already (good girl, keep it up)!!! If all goes well, my copy should arrive in 4 days.
Don't be embarassed, I have an advantage: I've already read this book. I've pulled mine back off the shelf in order to join in.
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I've ordered the book but it will be a couple weeks .. so I will join then ...
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I haven't actually started reading yet, but I do have a copy in hand. Who else is participating? DWill?
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I'll be getting my copy within the next few days. Looking forward to the discussion.
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Fabulous! We're getting a nice little discussion group together here!
Gods and spirits are parasitic--Pascal Boyer

Religion is the only force in the world that lets a person have his prejudice or hatred and feel good about it --S C Hitchcock

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it. --André Gide

Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. --Julian Barnes
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geo wrote:I haven't actually started reading yet, but I do have a copy in hand. Who else is participating? DWill?
No, I'm on hiatus--trying, anyway. I might need to avoid the forum to keep from getting drawn in. It's sure to be interesting.
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