Storytelling -- Mamet's Conflict-Airing Theory
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Storytelling -- Cringe and the Banality of Shadows
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and curious to hear your reactions to this extension to your heroine/antiheroine theories I just posted. Aim was to incorporate cringe and Le Guin carrier-bag theory.
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I found this fascinating and insightful, nonetheless I disagree with this large part of the thesis
but even here I do agree with halfway... I think I mainly object to the connotations of "meaningless," like isn't precisely all that stuff you said the meaning?
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There are filmmakers I can think of who pull a kind of grace and meaning out of cringe. Alexander Payne comes to mind. The POV of his films is like the redemptive power of simply paying close, compassionate attention to human cringe — prob the best way to deal with the shadow too
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To ’s point the “fragmentary pile of banal little things” doesn’t add up to one ultimate meaning/true self. But I think “meaningless” is too strong.
And consistent with David’s Buddhist conception of the shadow.
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Lots of cat couplings in here! Agree with the general point but have to advocate that one can and should take on the meditative project in the spirit of dealing with *the world* (inner and outer and in between) more gracefully, without self-importance or solemnity.
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Uhh with that picture and the term, “schrodinger” is not where my head went first 🤣
That’s unfortunate phrasing and imagery



