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Hi, I'm so enthralled with "The Pursuit of Happyness". There are rich symbolic nuances, a clear and steadfast character, and several story points nicely merged together. Any thoughts? The instructor played by Dan Castellaneta seemed like a clear Contagonist. Will was playing a steadfast ch...

Hi, Listening to the podcast analysis of "Conspiracy Theory" I was amazed to hear the "Who the Main Character is" portion actually become a debate. Jerry clearly seemed the MC for several reasons. 1. I didn't learn very much about Alice other than where she worked and some of her...

Great choice for a discussion! Check out "The Pursuit of Happyness", by the way, for another gripping story. At first glance, I like Mrs. Tuohy being in Situation. She seems to make more decisions than anyone else, enough to be the Main Character. I'd want to say Mike is the Impact Charact...

Hi, I can't say I read through everything Dramatica related in search for clarification on this, but it was quite a read. What I want to know is how Dramatica merges the thematic argument setup with the thematic structure setup. As I understand it, there's an experiential 3 Act thematic argument of ...

As I understand it, Protagonist is the one trying to achieve something. The Antagonist is the one trying to hinder him. It's funny. This makes a lot of "bad guys" be Protagonists. In Transformers, the Decepticons would often be the Protagonists. This makes James Bond an Antagonist. And I'm...