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Greg Beam

Greg Beam

Dog Man’s Nature vs. Petey’s Nurture

Unpacking a Major Philosophical Theme in Dav Pilkey’s Popular Graphic Novels

Mar 20

Dog Man’s Nature vs. Petey’s Nurture

Mar 20

Greg Beam

Swapping Scene Types

A simple trick for bringing life to a dull scene

Mar 6

Swapping Scene Types

Mar 6

Greg Beam

The Journey of a Thousand Miles…

Re-considering One of History’s Most Famous Maxims

Feb 7

The Journey of a Thousand Miles…

Feb 7

Greg Beam

The Passion of the Pugilist

How the central thematic question of “Rocky” echoes the Gospel

Feb 1

The Passion of the Pugilist

Feb 1

Greg Beam

A thought about about acts: One way to define an act is a substantial narrative unit that has its…

Jan 26

Jan 26

Greg Beam

How The Ending of “The Phantom Menace” Could Have Been Brilliant

A simple change might have made the conclusion of Star Wars: Episode I one of the most compelling moments in the series.

Jan 19

How The Ending of “The Phantom Menace” Could Have Been Brilliant

Jan 19

Greg Beam

A Simple — and Brilliant — Storytelling Model from the Author of “Fight Club”

Explaining and expanding upon a set of archetypes described by Chuck Palahniuk.

Jan 11

A Simple — and Brilliant — Storytelling Model from the Author of “Fight Club”

Jan 11

Greg Beam

The Real Reason TV Will Never Replace Film

(And it’s not about the quality of the programming)

Jul 30, 2022

The Real Reason TV Will Never Replace Film

Jul 30, 2022

Greg Beam

The Tragedy of Doughboy

How “Boyz n the Hood” nails a core principle of classical storytelling.

Jun 2, 2022

The Tragedy of Doughboy

Jun 2, 2022

Greg Beam

Don’t Follow Your Bliss

Follow this instead

Jan 17, 2022

Don’t Follow Your Bliss

Jan 17, 2022

Greg Beam

Greg Beam

I teach Film and Theatre at Illinois State University, and I’m the creator and host of Quite Useless, a podcast about the arts.

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