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It's an interesting article, though overly simplified, and he gets his facts wrong. The idea of originality is hardly a 20th century invention. As soon as Gutenberg invented the printing press authors were codifying their original ideas, and they still exist. Thomas More, Rabalais, Cervantes, de Sade, Victor Hugo, Jonathan Swift, Percy and Mary Shelly... just a few examples of strikingly original ideas expressed in literature far before the 20th century.

And his comparison of folklore to movie remakes breaks down with just cursory examination, As he notes, folklore is oral tradition, passed down through the ages. Movie scripts are not. Each one is created by a specific individual, or team of individuals, written down and produced, to a greater or lesser degree, as they were written.

It's a fun little theory... nothing that hasn't been said before... but IMO, doesn't hold up.



Just my opinion, naturally.