Uploaded July 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Join me, Maggie Mae Fish, on my hero's journey to defeat the dragon known as Joseph Campbell. His "Hero Cycle" dominates Hollywood screenwriting, but also our everyday lives, and how we see ourselves. Plus, he sure doesn't seem to like women! Except Ayn Rand--YIKES! What was Campbell's ideology? What does his monomyth do?

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00:00 Intro
1:02 The Hero's Journey is Bull----
9:45 Campbell's Ideology

More film analysis from Maggie: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_IMNYUlJdblP9ovlza-wCz06qMUQvTK2

~*MERCH*~
I designed a fun movie notebook where you can keep track of all the films you watch! store.nebula.tv/fishbook
"School of Fish" pint glass! store.nebula.tv/fishpint

Thanks to my wonderful guest voices!
Lady Knight the Brave (Brian Attebery) youtube.com/c/Ladyknightthebrave
Big Joel (Joseph Campbell) youtube.com/c/BigJoel
Princess Weekes (Brendan Gill) youtube.com/c/MelinaPendulum

Acknowledgement to the work of Emily Wilson in the introduction to her translation of The Odyssey (page 76).

Select footage and photos curtsey Getty
Additional Music by Epidemic Sound: epidemicsound.com/creator

This video is part of the series Maggie Talks About Movies