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> If you buy Joseph's Campbell's claims that all myth follows a formula I don't. And I don't think anybody who have seriously studied myths and folktales buy i
by goto11 4y ago
> If you buy Joseph's Campbell's claims that all myth follows a formula
I don't. And I don't think anybody who have seriously studied myths and folktales buy it.
- satisfice 4y agoJoseph Campbell was encyclopedic in his education and analysis. Hero With a Thousand Faces persuaded me. But his thesis is not that all mythology boils down to one simple story. His thesis is more like the website tvtropes: there are recurring identifiable patterns in cultural teaching stories.
- anotherman554 4y agoI don't buy Campbell's theories either but I think it's fair to say Joseph Campbell seriously studied myth and folktales and believed his theory so you can't really say nobody who has seriously studied myth and folktales bought into it. I know the director of Mad Max has referenced discussion of Mad Max as a version of the Monomyth, so that's at least two Hollywood directors who were inspired by it, I'm sure there are significantly more.
- goto11 4y agoOh yeah lots of Hollywood scriptwriters have studied Campbell, it is part of the reason all movies look alike today. I'm just saying it is bullshit that historical myths and folklore follow such a template. But blockbuster movies definitely does these days.