tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post3414265144195369958..comments2024-03-29T04:56:23.027-04:00Comments on Cockeyed Caravan: Storyteller’s Rulebook #42: People Only Want What They WantMatt Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-16776514013718785472010-08-27T00:21:59.799-04:002010-08-27T00:21:59.799-04:00That's my favorite episode! I would say the pr...That's my favorite episode! I would say the primary theme of the show is "The Law of Unintended Consequences"Matt Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07319984238456281734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13294573.post-11259852738165856232010-08-26T18:58:18.117-04:002010-08-26T18:58:18.117-04:00Great job on the last two rulebook posts. If no on...Great job on the last two rulebook posts. If no one's commenting yet, it's because you've said it so well that there's nothing more to add. People want what they want. Not what the audience or the the writer or the genre convention or story cliche wants them to want. And not necessarily what they themselves believe they want or think they should want instead of what they actually do want, which drives all of what they say and do regardless of their conscious awareness of it. There's another great example of this from MAD MEN, a scene in a bar where Roger Sterling is looking for permission to ditch his wife. Don Draper says a bunch of stuff that has nothing to do with Roger and all to do with what's going on in his own life. But by the end of the drink, the supremely unselfaware Roger has decided that Don's provided him with the rationale he needs to hook up with his secretary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com