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What does this comparison between "Chekhovian" and "Hitchcockian" lines mean?
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I speak to Lisa and Lisa speaks of parallel crying, the crying that comes alongside art but not precisely from it. Plot does not ...
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What does this comparison between "Chekhovian" and "Hitchcockian" lines mean?
Chekhov's gun … is a dramatic principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed.
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"One must never place a loaded rifle on the stage ...
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