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The style of storytelling of the dime novel has lived on even today. Cliffhanger movies told essentially the same types of stories as dime novels, and the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' and ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy]]'' movies are essentially the dime novel in big budget form. While our entertainment today is much more sophisticated, there's still a market for low-brow high adventure stories. Heck, even many of today's video games have roots in these. |
The style of storytelling of the dime novel has lived on even today. Cliffhanger movies told essentially the same types of stories as dime novels, and the ''[[Indiana Jones]]'' and ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy]]'' movies are essentially the dime novel in big budget form. While our entertainment today is much more sophisticated, there's still a market for low-brow high adventure stories. Heck, even many of today's video games have roots in these. |
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* [[The Chick]] - The defining characteristic of almost any woman character. Sadly, their sheer lack of characterization resulted in many boys objecting to ''any'' female character on the sole basis that she would inevitably turn out to be bland and uninteresting. |
* [[The Chick]] - The defining characteristic of almost any woman character. Sadly, their sheer lack of characterization resulted in many boys objecting to ''any'' female character on the sole basis that she would inevitably turn out to be bland and uninteresting. |
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* [[Damsel in Distress]] - Women did not get much in the way of important roles in these books, that was for sure. |
* [[Damsel in Distress]] - Women did not get much in the way of important roles in these books, that was for sure. |
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