Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
for them by M T V - s t y l e editing. T h e y are accustomed to juggling story lines, time
periods, and genres at staggering speed. Because of the archival nature o f television,
constandy churning images and eras, post-modern kids live in a stew of styles. T h e
young can costume themselves in fashions ranging from ' 6 0 s hippie to heavy metal
headbanger, from cowboy to surf dude, from gangsta to grunger to preppie. T h e y
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master the idioms and attitudes of all these options and more. On their interactive,
multi-media computers, they are comfortable with randomly sampling bits of enter
tainment and information without concern for the old world's notions of time and
sequence.