Lost the Plot is a mythic exploration of the narrative arts. Addressing writers and audiences alike, it is equal parts esoteric and academic, irreverent and intellectual. It critiques troubling trends while celebrating excellence wherever it can be found, at all times seeking to understand where the plot of our culture has gone.
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Lost the Plot is a mythic exploration of the narrative arts. Addressing writers and audiences alike, it is equal parts esoteric and academic, irreverent and intellectual. It critiques troubling trends while celebrating excellence wherever it can be found, at all times seeking to understand where the plot of our culture has gone.
This was my very first video---and it shows! Please excuse the quality.
Adventure Time is deeper than it seems. In this essay, we'll see how the show matures over 10 seasons, how its serialized elements come to dominate its procedural ones, how it tells a symbolically-rich story with emotional gravity, and how its whimsy outlasts death.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:45 Cosmogony
1:21 Timelessness
2:17 The Characters
7:20 Whimsy and War
11:16 Dropping Torches
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Lost the Plot
Lost the Plot is a mythic exploration of the narrative arts. Addressing writers and audiences alike, it is equal parts esoteric and academic, irreverent and intellectual. It critiques troubling trends while celebrating excellence wherever it can be found, at all times seeking to understand where the plot of our culture has gone.