Inneresting 85
issue 85
January 21st, 2021
This is the story of your life
Main Character Energy: Coco Klockner looks at the role of social media and pop cinema in how people create an image of themselves as life’s main character. Kyle Chayka speaks to the person behind the popular “Main Character Energy” video on how its popularity negatively affected her.
Good Afternoon, Good Evening, and Good Night: Mischa Anouk Smith connects the dots between The Truman Show and the performative style of social media. Julie Miller assembles the filmmakers and cast to look back at the prescient parts of showing the world’s obsession with Truman Burbank.
The Protagonist/Narrator: John and Craig talk with Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Ryan Reynolds about self-aware protagonists and fourth wall breaking in a special video episode of Scriptnotes. Idhuna Pastoor takes a deep dive into Fleabag’s flexible fourth wall and how it builds intimacy with the audience.
You’ll forgive me because it’s my story: Katy Waldman explores “the reflexivity trap,” where self-aware protagonists are allowed to absolve themselves of their flaws just by acknowledging them.
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Previously on Inneresting…
In case you missed it, last issue’s most clicked link was Suzanne Grove taking a closer look at what writers can learn from Raymond Carver’s opening images.
Other Inneresting Things
L.M. Sacasas puts doomscrolling in perspective by reminding us that news from far away also used to be news about the past.
“Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they are finished.” – The benefits of thinking like Matthew McConaughey and imagining your future self as a separate person.
Tim Plan shares a collection of archival interviews and on-set photos for the silent-era film Metropolis.
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