Episode III

[Tim Strzechowski]

Well, Episode III makes the viewer bear witness to pure tragic downfall, the
Freytagian "climax" to the six-episode pyramid (although III follows the
5-Act Freytag structure quite closely, with the Mace W/Palpatine/Anakin
confrontation about midway through [climax] and subsequent scenes providing
the Falling Action and Denoument a la Shakespeare).

Now, if someone could compare/contrast the events of "The Courier's Tragedy"
with III ... *that's* a post worth reading!

T


Sayeth kelber:

> The point of Episode III is to play on some twisted need people have to
see a purported good-guy compromise his values -- as if this need hasn't
already been sated enough in the past year by the spectacles of John Kerry
apologizing for his anti-Vietnam protests, Jesse Jackson praying with the
Right-to-Life forces, Bob Dylan's renouncing his role as spokesperson for a
generation in favor of his role as an underwear huckster, etc., etc.
>