In the years since cinema began, there have been many tropes and concepts that have been used over and over, in different contexts and different iterations. One of the most interesting of these tropes ...

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Some people take care of orchids. Others take care of guinea pigs. Barbara takes care of tropes. Most of the day she’s a 51-year-old seamstress in Illinois and a caregiver for her husband. But in her ...

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A hero’s sacrifice is considered one of the hardest-hitting storytelling devices a filmmaker could use. As true as this may be, audiences often know when a trope like this is being used to pull their ...