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PopCraft: Screenwriting
Parasite: Staircase Structure and Subverting Your Expectations
Season 1, Ep. 7
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In this episode, Carl brings on Namir Khaliq from Imagine Entertainment to talk about midpoints, story structures, subversion, and how Parasite remains utterly traditional.
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