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  2. Trope (cinema) - Wikipedia

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    A trope is an element of film semiotics and connects between denotation and connotation. Films reproduce tropes of other arts and also make tropes of their own. [6] George Bluestone wrote in Novels Into Film that in producing adaptations, film tropes are "enormously limited" compared to literary tropes. Bluestone said, "[A literary trope] is a ...

  3. TV Tropes - Wikipedia

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    TV Tropes was founded in 2004 by a programmer under the pseudonym "Fast Eddie." He described himself as having become interested in the conventions of genre fiction while studying at MIT in the 1970s and after browsing Internet forums in the 1990s. [17]

  4. Category:Tropes - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Tropes" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... Disability in horror films; E. Electoral fraud in the United States; Evil ...

  5. Tropes 101: We've Got Your Guide to the Rules of Romance ...

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    Enemies to Lovers. The tension! The delicious conflict! This trope is one of the most popular for a reason—the characters begin with competing goals, ambitions, or desires and we’re able to ...

  6. List of stock characters - Wikipedia

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    In 1920s-era films, Irish characters were "fighters, gangsters, rebels, or priests". [62] In the 1950s, Hollywood films depicted Irish women as an "Irish colleen" with a "feisty independent spirit." [62] In the 1990s and 2000s, a new stereotype emerged: the "Irish male as a romantic ideal", with a soft, "soulful and poetic" demeanor. [62]

  7. List of American films of 2024 - Wikipedia

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    Vision Films / Brentwood Avenue Entertainment / D Street Films: Demetrius Navarro (director); Ty DeMartino (screenplay); Maxfield Camp, Kaileigh Bullard, Alexis Gomez, Kevin Sizemore, Kourtney Hansen, Ryan O'Quinn, Kate Orsini, Caleb Shore, Craig Shumaker, T. Graham Brown, Waylon Payne, Lee Greenwood [45] 9: Lisa Frankenstein: Focus Features

  8. White savior narrative in film - Wikipedia

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    The white savior is a cinematic trope in which a white central character rescues non-white (often less prominent) characters from unfortunate circumstances. [1] This recurs in an array of genres in American cinema, wherein a white protagonist is portrayed as a messianic figure who often gains some insight or introspection in the course of rescuing non-white characters (or occasionally non ...

  9. Lists of films - Wikipedia

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    List of films considered the best; List of films considered the worst; List of films shown at Butt-Numb-A-Thon; List of films shown at the New York Film Festival; List of films shown at the Sundance Film Festival; List of films spoofed by Mad; List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes; List of films with a 0% rating on Rotten Tomatoes