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    The Pacifica Papers: Essays on Pop Culture, Mythology, and Flatulence
    The Pacifica Papers: Essays on Pop Culture, Mythology, and Flatulence
    The Pacifica Papers: Essays on Pop Culture, Mythology, and Flatulence
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    The Pacifica Papers: Essays on Pop Culture, Mythology, and Flatulence

    By Craig Titley

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    "If you’re interested in mythology or storytelling and, in particular, if you’re involved in the movie storytelling business like I was, then [Joseph] Campbell is your guide... but not your savior. Ever since it was revealed that George Lucas used The Hero With a Thousand Face as a guide while crafting the story for Star Wars, screenwriters and executives thought they had discovered the Holy Grail, the key to turning every movie into a giant resonating hit. But it doesn’t quite work that way. There’s much more to storytelling then painting by numbers or plotting by Campbell. It’s a skill and a craft born of hard work, sweat and tears. But there’s also a magic ingredient involved that no one, not even Campbell, knows how to describe... or where it even comes from. Without it no story can resonate and endure the test of time. It has less to do with a secret structural formula and more to do with alchemy... and luck.

    But if there is an answer, or even a hint at a glimpse of a notion of an answer, it probably lies somewhere in the field of Mythological Studies...

    I’m really proud of the work I did [in these essays[ and even though they are academic papers, they feel like they still have my voice. While I was preparing them for publication I noticed that right out of the gate I was gravitating toward the Jungian Shadow and the Trickster. I was also being a bit of a trickster myself, writing academic papers about The Matrix and Gene Simmons and doing a full-on Jungian analysis of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? My professor for that one, Dr. Glen Slater, wrote a note on the back: “I started reading this skeptically but ended somewhat of a convert... the Shaggy/Scooby ‘fourth’ thesis grew in strength as you went along.” I was delighted. Not only did I convert him, I made him say “Shaggy/Scooby” academically and non-ironically! Score one for the trickster!

    I wrote another paper for a Ritual and Ceremony class called “The Wind Beneath Our Wings: Divine Inspiration and Shadow Exaltation in Rites of (Gas) Passage.” Yes, I wrote an academic paper on flatulence rituals and customs across diverse cultures. It became the basis for my dissertation on flatulating tricksters in world mythologies.

    Not all of my papers were pop or fart oriented. I wrote a few darker ones as well. In “The One and the Other,” I looked into the accusations that Carl Jung was anti-Semitic (spoiler: he wasn’t). I also wrote a very cynical paper about the fate of our planet called “Embracing the Cosmic Chill Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the H(uman)-Bomb.” In that paper I quoted John Burroughs, a fairly obscure naturalist who coined the phrase “Cosmic Chill” and defined it as the realization that the universe is going its own way with no thought of us. Cold, hard truth. I had previously used his same quote in the Matrix paper. I was quite enthralled and frightened by this concept of the Cosmic Chill, and I still am. It would also make a great band name.

    This is where it all began. With these papers. I hope you find some bliss in them."

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher1 Habit Press
    Release dateOct 10, 2020
    ISBN9781005634995
    The Pacifica Papers: Essays on Pop Culture, Mythology, and Flatulence
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    Craig Titley

    Craig Titley is a feature film and television writer/producer who began his film career in the Hollywood trenches as a production assistant for feature films and television movies. He spent three years in film development as an assistant story editor for director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Innerspace) and a creative executive for Nickelodeon Movies before going on to become a successful screenwriter, penning the first live-action Scooby-Doo movie (with James Gunn), Cheaper by the Dozen, and Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. His latest feature film projects include adaptations of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (with Sam Raimi producing), Arabian Nights, and Dean Koontz's Oddkins. Titley's films have grossed nearly a billion dollars in worldwide box office. In television, Titley worked with George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation, penning episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars. He was a writer/producer on the NBC superhero series The Cape and an Executive Producer and Writer on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Titley is a graduate of Eastern Illinois University (with degrees in both English and Business Management), received his MFA from the University of Southern California's Peter Stark Program, and is currently completing a Ph.D. in Mythological Studies. He recently launched Discount Anarchy, an all-in entertainment company for film and television production, publishing, games, music, artist management, and concert promotion.

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