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…Gurus speaking strictly about screenplays for movies will, indeed, hem you in, whereas Campbell I think kind of releases you.
For the simple reason that Campbell isn’t talking about screenplays. He’s not saying, “just like in Chinatown.” He’s saying, “just like every story from every part of the planet for the last 500,000 years.” Campbell is saying: our lives, our minds, our societies, our religions, our relationships, all of life and the universe itself, moves to a certain rhythm, end of thesis. The unspoken thesis being: beat your drum to this universal rhythm and the illusion, to the audience, will be that your drum is shaking the world.
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