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Meet The Parents (2000)

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DZ-122: Escalating Antagonism Across Genres

How can you apply horror ideas to action and comedy?

AI✦Examines how Meet The Parents layers multiple aligned sources of antagonism—rather than contrasting ones—to create escalating comic pressure, with each antagonistic force working toward the same humiliation of the protagonist.✦

⏱ 1h 44m

Character · Structure · Genre | 1 OCT 2025

Listen to learn how thinking of your hero as the horror (for your villains) makes your script dynamic.

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In this episode Chas, Stu and guest Kim Ho continue their exploration into the power(s) of antagonism and how focusing on them can develop story… →

Films: Rebel Ridge (2024) , Meet The Parents (2000)

Character: Character Motivation , Moral Complexity , Character Agency , Antiheroes , Character Depth , Internal Journey

Structure: Antagonism , TOMBS Cycle , Escalation , Midpoints

Genre: Genre Translation , Genre Conventions

"Oh, yeah, you can milk anything with nipples."

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