"In dramatic circumstances, a brave young woman captive of her roots meets a man who could change her life forever. And when his integrity is decried, she must decide if she trusts him and overcomes her manipulative father’s hostility."

AN INDIAN SUMMER TALE (USCO # TXu 1-805-195 – WGAW #1566261. )

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inpassing 0 pts

Have you re-written a more concise logline for this idea?

dpg Singularity · 112,231 pts

Valentin:
>>>The current generation has more a sense of entitlement. I deserve to be happy?

Yeah, that too.

To which I would add in reference to the decline of the cowboy and Western genre movies in U.S. Cinema: an archetypal hero needs a archetypal villain. In the last half century, thanks to demystification of how the American West was settled by Europeans, the Western genre has lost its default, go-to villain, the Native American. Thank god and about damn time!

And yet, Native Americans are mostly marginalized in current movies about the West (few as they are) . Modern writers seem either unaware of their importance and influence or unsure of how to portray them.

So that leaves Big Bad Business (greedy bankers, ruthless railroad owners) and the Lawless Predatory Gang (cattle rustlers, bandits) to answer casting calls for villains.

Jean-Marie Mazaleyrat Penpusher · 4 pts

>>>" Rather than Hollywood, I would say that sense of duty versus personal happiness has been ingrained in previous generations. Maybe because of cultural and historical reasons, that is part of their make up.
The current generation has more a sense of entitlement. I deserve to be happy? attitude resonates more with them.
The problem is that attitude does not make for very sympathetic hero: I?ll do anything to be happy and damn with the consequence?. Not very samourai or cowboy like, which is still our he to archetype: a strong man who will do the right thing for others.
In El Cid, a young man avenges his father honour by killing his fianc??s dad, in the new version he tell his dad to get lost and marry her anyway. No story. Not a great play."

Awesome comment as very often.
Thank you Valentin