One. Million. Dollars.

Posted on July 14, 2010 in General Screenwriting | 1 Comment

John August tries to find out what’s so special about one million dollars?

…In movies, TV, and actual conversation it’s by far the most frequently quoted dollar figure to mean “rich,” despite inflation. The top-shelf reality competition shows (Survivor, The Amazing Race) use that as the prize figure. But it’s not just a lot of money. It’s been mythologized as the transformative tipping point between the life we have and some mythological Good Life in which profound satisfaction is possible.

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