Mythic Fiction and Contemporary Urban Fantasy

It's all about the legend whether it be myth or urban tale. Anansi Boys played this idea in a very interesting way by interweaving the myth of Anansi into the lives of people and creating a story around that. In a similar sense the movie Big Fish visualizes the stories the father tells as these big mystical things that the son believes have no truth behind them. He finds out he's only half-true and that even though they're exaggerated the stories have power and tell their tales as long as you believe in them. This genre is all about how these myths and legends can spin the world around. These stories are grounded in our reality, but possess magical qualities that don't actually exist. In Being John Malkovich the doorway into John Malkovich was this mystical quality. It created a bizarre scenario that could never actually happen but would be interesting to think about within the confines of Earth. One of the most interesting scenes in the movie is when John himself goes through the doorway and we see what would happen if he went within his own mind. The results were beyond bizarre and were hysterical and horrifying at the same time. In all three of these stories another addressed point is the consequences of these magical things existing. The consequences tend to always be bad enough to make sure the magical thing is kept in check otherwise things would only get worse.