Story Babel
Feb 25, 2007
We just watched the movie Babel — it was awful, a perfect example of Story vs. Drama. It’s a mashup of three slightly related stories that just end up being drama.
Neal Gabler offers an explanation:
In this culture, the intrinsic value of a movie, or of most conventional entertainments, has diminished. Their job now is essentially to provide stars for People, Us, “Entertainment Tonight” and the supermarket tabloids, which exhibit the new “movies” — the stars’ life sagas.
Better yet, Tell Your Story!
Written by Bill Olen
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