‘Monkey Man’ (2024) And ‘The Hero with a Thousand Faces’ (1949)
Dev Patel smashes it. Literally.
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8 min readMay 25, 2024
“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man.”
