True story.
I was with a bunch of people watching “Raising Cain” with John Lithgow.
Towards the end of the movie, a certain prop appears and I start cracking up. People start looking at me, because there’s no obvious joke.
Sure enough, that prop plays a big part in the final scene.
I’m case you’re wondering:
Chekhov’s gun (or Chekhov’s rifle; Russian: Чеховское ружьё) is a narrative principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary and irrelevant elements should be removed. For example, if a writer features a gun in a story, there must be a reason for it, such as it being fired some time later in the plot. All elements must eventually come into play at some point in the story. Some authors, such as Hemingway, do not agree with this principle.
I knew what that was going to be before I clicked it. Good job.
