a discovery

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: Hello to everyone in MohicanLand.
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: Just a note to tell you about a discovery I made quite by accident.
: I am in a writers' critique group, and borrowed from the leader a 1992 book called "The Writer's Journey - Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters".  The author analyzes story structure with the help of Joseph Campbell's work about stages in a mythic hero's journey, and story archetypes and the like.  

: Anyway, I'm leafing through, and see that he uses LOTM as one of his examples for in-depth analysis at the end of the book!  (He says it's a "classic Hero's Journey, with well-developed stages and the full gamut of archetypes".)   Neat!

: Neater STILL was this that I found toward the conclusion of the analysis:

: "The story can be faulted somewhat for not fully developing the Alice-Uncas love story.  It is sketched in, MTV-style, with a few slow-motion close-ups backed up by love music.  Their attraction is taken for granted and is not dramatized convincingly."

: Ha!  
: HA!!!

: We always knew we weren't just starved for Uncas-love, but had a legitimate complaint, right?!

: tee-hee

: Myrrh


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