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Topic ID:	185
Message ID:	9
#9, RE: More Liza Musings Posted by Mephron on Nov-01-01 at 11:30 AM In response to message #8 >What's a MacGuffin? About $20 at your nearest bookstore. OK, seriously: From a literary glossary I found on the web: MACGUFFIN: Device giving impetus to plot: in a movie , play, or book, something that starts or drives the action of the plot but later turns out to be unimportant. Coined by Alfred Hitchcock. (E) In 'The Maltese Falcon', the Falcon itself is the Macguffin. The question is, is what Liza does technically counting under Macguffin? Or something else? I suspect we shall not know until 'Hunted Rose' arrives. -- Geoff Depew - Mephron Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals (They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)