Communication or Collaboration*

Audience as author

Author as audience

Writing for oneself

Writing for “the world”

Writing for a definable group

What binds a group*

The “captive” audience

Is it symbolic or nonsense*

Cultural specificity

Romeo and Juliet/West Side Story

Cyrano de Bergerac/Roxanne

Demographics

The ethnic audience

Political Correctness

Ethnicentricity

Ethnic portability

Age groups

Children’s stories

Men’s and Women’s stories

Mental Sex, Limit, and “Positioning”

Sub-cultures

Reception of Character

Stereotypes vs. Archetypes

Known actor

Typecasting

* Video Clip: Typecasting: Arnold Schwarzenegger in The Terminator.

Cross-typing

* Video Clip: Cross-typing: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Junior.

Reception of Theme

Favored standards of evaluation

Cultural blind spots

* Video Clip: Cultural blind spots: The Big Chill.

Reception of Plot

Favored archetypal plots

Newsworthy event - TV movies

* Video Clip: Newsworthy event: Alive.

Reception of Genre

Genre: a mixed bag

Sociopolitical taboos

* Video Clip: Sociopolitical taboos: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Audience Expectations

“Generations”

* Video Clip: Audience expectations: Star Trek Generations.

Multi-story Works

Substories

Subplots et al

* Video Clip: Substories: Han Solo in Star Wars.

Parallel stories with collective impact

Parallel stories with independent impact

Propaganda

Thelma & Louise

* Video Clip: Propaganda: Thelma and Louise.

Closed and Open stories

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