Let's say an American film maker, an Egyptian poet, a German philosopher, a Mande jeli, a Chinese monk, and a Bolivian singer were to gather in a room to collaborate on a story. What story form do you think they would use and what might be some of the elements of that story?
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Assume the American Filmmaker is Michael Bay. Then the resulting narrative would be a film. Specifically, Transformers 4: More Explosions.
ReplyDeleteVerbal. The second part of the question will take some thought.
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ReplyDeleteThis sounds like the truth behind the name Edward Whittemore.
ReplyDeletesome sort of Proppian folk-tale, maybe thusly deconstructed.
ReplyDeleteand regarding elements, perhaps we should begin with the characters, namely "an American film maker, an Egyptian poet, a German philosopher, a Mande jeli, a Chinese monk, and a Bolivian singer," every one of them beginning in their respective corner of the world, or just one country to the left of that corner.
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I like that response.
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