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37: Sherlock, Rick, and Oppenheimer: the Lone Genius trope and why it works

37: Sherlock, Rick, and Oppenheimer: the Lone Genius trope and why it works

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Why does the main character look like? In this very writerly discussion, Derek dissects tropes and wishes he could use them. BFL laments her past resistance to the Great Man History way of writing, because making a main character an idolise-able hero freaking works.

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00:00 Intro

01:42 Reading update

13:00 the lone genius

16:04 main character must be extraordinary

42:09 Nolan & great man history

50:25 outro

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