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Title: Seven Basic Plots
Review: The title of this book was full of promise; the actual book is not. It is full of inaccuracies for starters and it ismuch longer than it has any reason to be. Just a sample of some to the plot inaccuracies: the author states thatthe play PYGMALION has a happier ending than the film, MY FAIR LADY, because Eliza marries the Professor in the play.Completely incorrect; the play ends virtually identically to the film. Also, the author botches up the story of HIGH NOON. Leads me to wonder how many other plot lines the author gets wrong. And this book is primarily composed ofspecific details about countless plots.I should have known better than to buy it since it was recommended by Mick LaSalle.Bob C.San Francisco
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