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SAM REVISITS: The Matrix Sequels Helped Me Unlock the Secret to StorytellingMatrix

SAM REVISITS: The Matrix Sequels Helped Me Unlock the Secret to Storytelling

Published by Sam Flynn on December 2, 2021

Why is choice the single most important part of stories? Because choice reveals character. Static characters make the same choices and react the same way. That’s fine if you’re a procedural network show or sitcom (think Law & Order or Seinfeld, where the maxim of “no hugging, no learning” was…

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SAM REVISITS: True Detective – Season 1

Published by Sam Flynn on May 27, 2015

Welcome to a new, semi-regular feature where I look back on some of my personal favorite bits of pop culture. With just under a month to go before its second season, our first revisit is True Detective’s exemplary first season, which originally aired from January to March 2014 on HBO.  The first…

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