Mcguffin

What is Mcguffin?


1.

An object or person in a movie that has no use other than to drive the narrative forward. originally coined by alfred hitchcock.

the suitcase in pulp fiction

2.

A phrase used in detective stories to describe the one vital clue that causes the whole plot to fall in to place.

Eg.

"I couldn't figure it out...until I saw the tube of toothpaste."


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