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There are only two plots: a man goes on a journey, or a stranger comes to town. Although if you really think about it, there's only one plot, because a man who

There are only two plots: a man goes on a journey, or a stranger comes to town. Although if you really think about it, there's only one plot, because a man who goes on a journey is a stranger who comes to town in another town.

choeger 6y ago
Pulp Fiction?
- jessaustin 6y ago
  I'll take a shot at it. There are lots of strangers who have come to Los Angeles: Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, Butch and Fabienne, Brett and Flock-of-Seagulls, the Gimp, etc. Marsellus is no stranger to Los Angeles, but he is a bit out of his element at the pawnshop. Vincent has returned home after a journey abroad, as has Captain Koons. Jules is at the beginning of a journey and will soon leave Los Angeles... Of course there are "townies" like Marvin, Lance and Jody, the Wolf and Raquel, Kathy Griffin, Maynard and Zed, Esmarelda, etc. who mostly serve as foils to those on journeys, but that's perfectly normal. Mia was once a stranger in town, but she liked it enough to stay.
  - yellowapple 6y ago
    > Mia was once a stranger in town Weren't we all?
webmaven 6y ago
> There are only two plots: a man goes on a journey, or a stranger comes to town. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl? I suppose the meets-loses-regains sequence can be considered a journey if you squint at it enough, but that doesn't feel quite right. > Although if you really think about it, there's only one plot, because a man who goes on a journey is a stranger who comes to town in another town. Ooh, that's an interesting observation, the difference between the two is in swapping the foreground and background. In fact, hmm, now that I think of it, quite a lot of episodic drama deliberately uses that same swap or superposition to occasionally change things up for an episode. And a few are always about the same stranger on a journey coming to an endless series of towns (The Incredible Hulk, The Pretender, even The Littlest Hobo).
- devchix 6y ago
  Boy meets girl is by definition a man goes on a journey.

choeger 6y ago

Pulp Fiction?

jessaustin 6y ago
I'll take a shot at it. There are lots of strangers who have come to Los Angeles: Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, Butch and Fabienne, Brett and Flock-of-Seagulls, the Gimp, etc. Marsellus is no stranger to Los Angeles, but he is a bit out of his element at the pawnshop. Vincent has returned home after a journey abroad, as has Captain Koons. Jules is at the beginning of a journey and will soon leave Los Angeles... Of course there are "townies" like Marvin, Lance and Jody, the Wolf and Raquel, Kathy Griffin, Maynard and Zed, Esmarelda, etc. who mostly serve as foils to those on journeys, but that's perfectly normal. Mia was once a stranger in town, but she liked it enough to stay.
- yellowapple 6y ago
  > Mia was once a stranger in town Weren't we all?

webmaven 6y ago

> There are only two plots: a man goes on a journey, or a stranger comes to town. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy regains girl? I suppose the meets-loses-regains sequence can be considered a journey if you squint at it enough, but that doesn't feel quite right. > Although if you really think about it, there's only one plot, because a man who goes on a journey is a stranger who comes to town in another town. Ooh, that's an interesting observation, the difference between the two is in swapping the foreground and background. In fact, hmm, now that I think of it, quite a lot of episodic drama deliberately uses that same swap or superposition to occasionally change things up for an episode. And a few are always about the same stranger on a journey coming to an endless series of towns (The Incredible Hulk, The Pretender, even The Littlest Hobo).

devchix 6y ago
Boy meets girl is by definition a man goes on a journey.