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You want the audience to be in the character’s shoes. The more deeply into the character’s shoes the audience is, the more they’re going to care about what’s going on.

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Jonathan Demme

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The don’t-ask-don’t-tell approach to plot and character that ‘The Hurt Locker’ relies on to set itself in motion doesn’t offend me politically. It offends me as a storyteller.

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There is so much going on in our country and in the world today… We’re getting the headlines for a second, shaped by corporate delivery most of the time, but what’s really the story there? Well, I’m turned on by that kind of stuff.

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May 3, 2024

There is so much going on in our country and in the world today… We’re getting the headlines for a second, shaped by corporate delivery most of the time, but what’s really the story there? Well, I’m turned on by that kind of stuff.

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May 3, 2024

The don’t-ask-don’t-tell approach to plot and character that ‘The Hurt Locker’ relies on to set itself in motion doesn’t offend me politically. It offends me as a storyteller.

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