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Originally Posted by neverending
It's an interesting article, though overly simplified, and he gets his facts wrong. The idea of originality is hardly a 20th century invention. As soon as Gutenberg invented the printing press authors were codifying their original ideas, and they still exist. Thomas More, Rabalais, Cervantes, de Sade, Victor Hugo, Jonathan Swift, Percy and Mary Shelly... just a few examples of strikingly original ideas expressed in literature far before the 20th century.
And his comparison of folklore to movie remakes breaks down with just cursory examination, As he notes, folklore is oral tradition, passed down through the ages. Movie scripts are not. Each one is created by a specific individual, or team of individuals, written down and produced, to a greater or lesser degree, as they were written.
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Ditto.
I also think the person...the sad moron who wrote the article has quite different or more precisely I'd say Wrong perspective & idea about the term Originality, Theme & idea of a story/movie as well as Remakes. I guess he or she just got paid to write an article in favor or to support the trend.
Sad part is it's already got more than 1,50,000 LIKEs in facebook.:rolleyes: