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MacGuffin
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MacGuffin [məˈgʌfɪn]
n
(Performing Arts) (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) an object or event in a book or a film that serves as the impetus for the plot
[coined (c. 1935) by Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (1899-1980), English film director]
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Noun1.MacGuffin - (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot; "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films"
McGuffin
plot element - a component or element of the plot of a story
cinema, film, celluloid - a medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
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