Comments on: Not Bread Alone: Chapter 1 (of 9) http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/10/01/not-bread-alone-chapter-1-of-9/ Where our past is never very long ago Tue, 21 May 2013 19:01:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/10/01/not-bread-alone-chapter-1-of-9/comment-page-1/#comment-271959 Ardis E. Parshall Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:42:20 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=17392#comment-271959 Exactly, kevinf! They can still be enjoyable *within their genre* (I don’t want anybody to be afraid of saying he or she likes a story, because truth be told, I do too, generally), but it’s also fair to analyze what works and what doesn’t.

]]> By: kevinf http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/10/01/not-bread-alone-chapter-1-of-9/comment-page-1/#comment-271955 kevinf Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:35:57 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=17392#comment-271955 I haven’t dived into one of these serials lately, so I am going to give this a try.

But first, we’ve already seen a bunch of stereotypes:

Orphaned young girl, deeply in love, but torn by decision she seems incapable of making for herself, so she looks for a Man to help her make the decision.

Love or career? It doesn’t get much more basic than that.

Kindly Uncle Peter with his own secret tragedy, that, alas, has distilled upon him the blessings of wisdom like the petals that fall from the pear tree in the moonlight on Blue Hill. Or something like that.

These serials are the one place where I can have some fun with presentism without too much guilt.

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