I swear it did.
Dean and I have resurrected the Kris & Dean Show.The first part of that class started today.
And I said, shortly after we filmed it, that I was thinking we should teach the movie Die Hard again.
Back in the day, when we taught the Kris & Dean Show live, we had an optional movie night. We’d show Die Hard and stop it every few minutes, explaining how this point added to character or that point was a set-up for an important moment later.
There are a lot of tiny try-fail cycles in Die Hard and there are some great character moments.
So…we discussed it, but did nothing. Then a friend of mine gave me a Die Hard Advent Calendar.
As you can tell, from the Holiday Spectacular Calendar of Stories, I love advent calendars. I get the Jacquie Lawson online calendar every year, and it’s part of my holiday ritual.
I had never thought there would be Die Hard advent calendars (and there’s a bunch) or that Die Hard would become a holiday tradition for a lot of folks. When we started teaching it, back in the day, it was a movie that some people had seen and forgotten about. We also had to get permission to show it when we gave the show at BYU because the movie was R-rated. Dunno if that’s still a thing at BYU, but it was back then.
Anyway, I really do think the calendar tipped me over. I want to see Die Hard again (and I will, at least twice). I want to teach it again, as a refresher for me if nothing else.
So…Dean and I will spend this week reviewing. By next Thursday, we’ll have three-hours of craft and storytelling analysis about Die Hard for you all to see and share.
We’re charging $50 for this extravaganza. I suspect it’ll be worth every dime.
Yippee Ki Yay…and all that.
As someone who has seen this, I can heartily recommend you sign up. It’s a revelation about story telling!!