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Can enviros learn to tell stories?
Learning from masters in other fields: What a concept! |
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09 Aug 2007 |
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| David Mamet (author of The Verdict and Glengarry Glen Ross, among other fine things) writes this in his new book Bambi vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business (a great book just loaded with great snark:As we enter the cinema, we relax our guard. We do so necessarily, because to resist, to insist on reality in the drama, is to rob ourselves of joy. For who would sit through he cartoon thinking constantly, 'Wait a second, elephants can't fly!' ... |
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| Topics: books, environmental movement, messaging, politics (all these topics) |
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