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I remember hearing about the sitcom formula watching an interview with the Simpsons writers. They were kind of reluctant to talk about it the same way a magicia
by ourmandave 12y ago
I remember hearing about the sitcom formula watching an interview with the Simpsons writers. They were kind of reluctant to talk about it the same way a magician wouldn't want to talk about how the tricks are done.
The part that stood out was when they said they always reveal the main conflict just before the mid-episode commercial break so you'll stay tuned.
From then on I can't help not see it every time I watch a half hour show.
- mikemoka 12y agothere is no question a framework of reference might be used, it has been used for fairy tales as well actually http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Propp
- cariaso 12y agoIn the USA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell is a later but more familiar example due to his work on the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth