One very particular part of the Farmer Method of Script and Text Analysis is that you need to have a well-developed cultural background. There are movies, plays, stories and books that you cannot hold a meaningful discussion on Story Code without knowing the stories first.
With that in mind, I am posting a list of titles that are required reading and/or watching.
All 114 titles are mentioned in the materials from Thursday.
Cracking the Story Code Cultural Literacy List
Notes on the Katherine Farmer Workshop
| A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
| Almost Maine (play) |
| Amelia Bedelia |
| Amos Fortune Free Man |
| And Now, Miguel |
| Arkansas Bear |
| Arsenic and Old Lace |
| Avatar |
| Babe the Gallant Pig (book & movie) |
| Bandits |
| Banner in the Sky |
| Bedtime for Frances |
| Berries Goodman |
| Best Christmas Pageant Ever |
| Big Bad Bruce |
| Big Fish |
| Bridge to Terabithia |
| Brokeback Mountain |
| Burt Dow |
| Carrie's War |
| Cars, |
| Cat in the Hat |
| Charlie and the Chocolate Factory |
| Charlotte's Webb |
| Clementine |
| Click, Clack Moo! |
| Country Wife |
| Curious George |
| Dark Knight |
| Death of a Salesman |
| Deep-Water Man |
| Doll's house by Ibsen |
| Doubt |
| Dr. Desoto |
| Dumb Waiter |
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind |
| Ever After |
| Frog and Toad Are Friends |
| From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs.Basil E Frankeweiler |
| Gladiator |
| Go Ask Alice |
| Goldilocks and the Three Bears |
| Golliwhoppers! |
| Groundhog's Day |
| Hamlet |
| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone |
| How to Eat Fried Worms |
| Humpty Dumpty |
| Hunger Games |
| Iliad |
| Importance of being Earnest |
| Iron Man |
| Kung Fu Panda |
| Les Miserables |
| Lightning Thief |
| Little Bear |
| Little Miss Sunshine |
| Lord of the Rings |
| Matrix |
| Memento |
| Miss Hickory |
| Mr. President Goes to School |
| Mrs. Piggle Wiggle |
| My Side of the Mountain |
| O'Pioneers! |
| Ocean's Eleven |
| Oedipus Rex |
| Pinocchio |
| Pippi Longstocking |
| Pride and Prejudice |
| Pulp Fiction |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| Ramona the Brave |
| Ramona the Pest |
| Robin Hood |
| Rosie's Walk |
| Secret of the Andes |
| Secret Window |
| Shawshank Redemption |
| Sick Day for Amos McGee |
| Slave Dancer |
| Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| Something Queer at the Library |
| Star Wars |
| Superfudge |
| Tale of Peter Rabbit |
| Tangled |
| Tartuffe |
| Taste of Blackberries |
| The Adventures of Obadiah |
| The Cay |
| The Cow that Fell in the Canal |
| The Hobbit |
| The Incredible Journey |
| The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe |
| The Office |
| The Whale Rider |
| There's a Nightmare in my Closet |
| Toothpaste Millionaire |
| Top Gun |
| Tops and Bottoms |
| Toy Story 1 & 3 |
| Urinetown |
| Usual Suspects |
| Waiting for Godot |
| Watermelon Kisses |
| When You Reach Me |
| Where the Lillie's Bloom |
| Where the Wild Things Are |
| Wilde's Salome |
Did I mention having a strong and well-developed cultural backgound?
Are you an avid movie-goer? A voracious reader?
If so, you will find that you already know most of these and will have no trouble brushing up on the details of each story.
p.s. I've not added links to the OPL catalog yet, I will add authors, format (movie, book, play, etc.) and check spelling as I add the links.
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