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FADE IN: Introduce Hero in her Ordinary World: Jasmin not getting on with her husband.
Symbol of the Transformation: the coffee maker.
Call to Adventure: Jasmin leaves her husband.
Journey to the First Threshold: Jasmin walking along the Mojave desert freeway.
Foreshadow of the Journey: the sky; the barman stops.
Resisting the pull back to the Ordinary World: hubby comes looking for her; Jasmin hides.
New World of the First Threshold: The Bagdad café and the characters within.
Threshold Guardian: Cahuenga and Sal.
Refused entry into the First Threshold: "no beer; no coffee."
Fish out of water: hubby has snuff.
Introduce Shape Shifter: Brenda.
Develop characters and relationships: Brenda, Sal, Cox et al.
Refusal of the Journey: "take that back! What we need is a real coffee machine, not some toy."
Shape Shifter's Romantic Challenge: Sal leaves Brenda.
Introduce Ally: Phyllis.
Develop Shape Shifter's Romantic Challenge: Brenda's crying.
Hero arrives at the First Threshold; Threshold Guardian: Jasmin arrives and wipes sweat; Brenda wipes tears..
Refusal: "are you sure you don't want me to call you a cab?"
Meeting the Mentor: "hello stranger…"
Beginning of the Transformation: Jasmin in her room, gets undressed; no normal clothes available.
Characters in this World: Debbie and the trucker.
Inner Cave: inside the café: saved by the Mentor: Cox pours Jasmin coffee.
Symbol of the Transformation: Brenda doesn't let Jasmin hold the baby.
Guided by the Mentor: Cox: "planning on staying for a while…"
Expectation: Jasmin in her room, looking out the window.
Reminder of the Challenges: "Phyllis! Clean room 7"; "Salomo, take care of your son!"
Refusal of the Physical Separation: Brenda calls Arnie, the local cop.
Shape Shifter's Romantic Challenge: Sal is watching.
Foreshadow of the Journey: Jasmin starts cleaning.
Developing characters and relationships: Phyllis, Salomo, Cox, Debbie etc.
Pushed to the Physical Separation: Arnie can't tell Jasmin to leave – she's there legit; Jasmi wants to pay; "you mean you're staying?" "Yes."
Shape Shifter's Romantic Challenge: Sal is watching Brenda.
Characters and relationships developed: Debbie tattooing, Cahuenga, Jasmin, Phyllis, Brenda. "do you mind if I pitch my tent here?" etc.
Pushing forward: Jasmin gives the baby a toy.
Trial 1: cleaning the office.
Transformation: holding the baby.
Resisting the Transformation: Brenda angry that the office has been changed.
Shape Shifter's Romantic Challenge: Sal is watching.
Accepting the Transformation: Brenda doesn't really want Jasmin to put everything back where it was; speaking respectfully to "Mr Cox."
Proactively changing: Brenda tells Phyllis to clear up her stuff.
The World of the Transformation: the Bagdad Café at night.
Developing characters and relationships: everyone in the café except Jasmin.
Resisting Trial 2: Salomo and Phyllis dislike Jasmin; Brenda begins to treat her more respectfully.
Pulled back to the old World: Jasmin remembers her husband; looks at her things.
Trial 2: Phyllis becomes a friend; in Jasmin's bedroom.
Trial 3: listening to Salomo play.
Foreshadow of the Sword: Cox watches Jasmin.
Symbol of Transformation progressing: Salomo gives the baby to Jasmin.
Meeting the Oracle and being led to the Sword: Cox wants to paint Jasmin.
Journey to the Sword: learning magic.
Journey to the Sword: Jasmin being painted with full clothing.
Resistance to the Sword: Brenda gets angry; "get you own children!"
Shape Shifter's Romantic Challenge: Sal is watching.
Journey to the Sword: "my husband left me a week ago;" the rainbow; Jasmin helps serve the dishes; does magic tricks.
Journey to the Sword: Jasmin being painted with less clothing.
Journey to the Sword: Jasmin doing more magic.
Journey to the Sword: Jasmin being painted with even less clothing.
Journey to the Sword: Jasmin doing more magic; the flowers bloom.
Cont…until
Seizing the Sword: Café full; Jasmin being painted naked. Marker of change: Jasmin gets a tattoo.
Near Death Experience: Jasmin not allowed to work.
Atonement with the Father: neither wants to leave.
Magic Flight: "goodbye Miss Brenda, goodbye Miss Jasmin."
Apotheosis: the magic's gone.
Refusal of the Return: the boomerang hits the water tank.
Ultimate Boon: the picture of Jasmin on the wall; she's part of the Bagdad café.
Crossing the Return Threshold: Jasmin comes back; greetings; Brenda and Jasmin together.
Master of the Two Worlds: the show.
Freedom to Live: Cox proposes.
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