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| Topic | why's the dumb dad and psycho overbearing mother trope so popular on tv? |
| Shinebolt 12/28/17 9:36:44 AM #22: | TheCyborgNinja posted... Because writers are generally unoriginal and just take an existing formula to create their own thing? Partly this but also partly because the people who buy and produce television and movie scripts are also more willing to do what has already been done and is popular over something new and original. Then there's also the tendency to change a script so that it's more "marketable" which basically just means making it less original and throwing in the same old formulaic tropes. Thing is, most scriptwriters don't actually have much, if any, say on the show/movie once their script is purchased. This goes for book writers as well when their novels are picked up for movies or shows. Of course, most people just try and write the same old stories anyway because they want to write to the market. Fun fact, its actually fairly common for literary agents and publishing houses to get manuscript submissions for things like Star Wars fan fiction or "Its Hunger Games that takes place in Hogwarts during Harry Potter's class reunion". --- "Why bother with statistics when reality has already given you its answer." - Purple Heart ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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