@fozmeadows Isn't "high concept" just code for "not really about characters"?
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@tithenai Ostensibly, yes. Which bugs me. But it also seems to be code for "thing you can summarise in ten words or less". - Show replies
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@LisaHendrix This is what gets me, though: it either seems to mean a story with no narrative internality, or a story that pitches easily.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@LisaHendrix ...so, by that definition, high concept seems to preclude absolutely anything with solid worldbuilding.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@LisaHendrix I can't get my head around the idea of actively requesting something where the execution doesn't matter, or is secondary.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@LisaHendrix How you do the thing LITERALLY IS THE THING. The map is a 1:1 representation of the territory it describes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@LisaHendrix Well, at least now I have a term for "the Hollywood obsession with drastically undervaluing characterisation and good scripts".Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@LisaHendrix Hence my belief that the term can be ambiguous - frustratingly so. YMMV and all that.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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