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This show is an example of what I meant by “efficient lean storytelling”
It is almost unbearably efficient. Like pure cocaine. The Hollywood beat-formula machine at its most finely tuned operating on extremely native material.
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Storytelling has gotten so damn efficient due to screen media. A well-scripted modern TV show moves along incredibly briskly. It’s like Lean Storytelling. Shortest path through the beats of the hero’s journeys. It’s barely even writing. It’s amygdala assembly programming.
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This show is the most complete and thorough reboot/continuation I’ve ever seen. All the character arcs and unresolved tensions seamlessly continued. The introduction of the Terry Silver character is so smooth it’s like there was no 30-year gap.
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The show also revels in extreme symmetries. I take your student, you take mine, etc etc. Episode 5 is almost group-theoretic.
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One of the things I like is how the show sets up initially as a realistic middle-aged drama but it’s a head-fake. Rapidly returns to archetypal cartoon morality play format with a streak of silliness that made the original so good. The “reality” layer is just played for laughs
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It’s like the Nolan Batman relative to Tim Burton but in reverse. Ironic realism or something. Nudge nudge wink wink, we all know reality is fake and the archetype cartoon is the red pill layer.
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Karate Kid S3 off to a great start. Daniel and Johnny actually make a great buddy-noncop team. Interesting chemistry there.
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This show is so kiki it’s bouba
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