Is it just me aging or has mass entertainment gotten more and more tropey over last 2 decades? Books as much as movies/tv.
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Golden Age of TV increasingly feels like Golden Age of pitch perfect trope machines 🤔
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I am now looking for fiction in all media that sacrifices narrative perfection for narrative experiments even if rough-edged
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.@kilonide too niche/high-brow for me. Looking for middle-brow, mass appeal breakthrough stuff like Simpsons, South Park, Harry Potter etc
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"Save the Cat" & other tropey template guidebooks have helped pushed writers into formulaic structures: slate.com/articles/arts/
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you should allow for your years experience w/ media. Every trope is fresh the first time. Popular fiction always has rules and morals.
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My MediaBiome is infested with bacteria that is now shaping me. According to my re-targeted adverts, a media diet industry offers help.
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