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March 3, 2016 Published by: Paolo Braga Posted in: Consistency

Why doesn’t he just call the police?

“Why doesn’t the main character just call the police?” The audience will always pose this question when following a story where the hero is facing danger on his own, or is manaced by outlaws. In…

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