Charlie and the Box

Charlie made a movie.

Not surprising – since he and I talk storytelling a lot – it has all of the components of a well crafted story:

• A clear, identifiable location
• A protagonist facing a considerable obstacle
• Absence of unnecessary, self serving, storying-killing discourse
• A lean, clean plot
• Suspense
• Humor
• A dash of cognitive dissonance
• A singular moment at the end of the story that says it all
• Operantly metaphorical

I’ve only watched it about 100 times.

Granted, I love the actor more than most.