Meet John Doe

I’m starting to scare myself.

I was watching Meet John Doe (MJD) with Gary Cooper and Barbara Sanwyck recently and realized I was analyzing the movie as a writer. “That’s the inciting incident!” I screamed in my head. “That’s the black moment.” “That’s the resolution!” Okay, I missed the three disasters because I fell asleep shortly after the inciting incident and woke up at the black moment. Can’t say if that’s a reflection on the movie or simply the result of my exhaustion.

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