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No need for all that. There are no original stories, only variations on the ancient ones. Here's one summary:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thirty-Six_Dramatic_Situ...

As for who will enjoy what etc., there are entire industries that spend their efforts on knowing that, like Nielsen and Rotten Tomatoes.

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These are extremely broad categories. It's a bit like saying, "there are no original books, they're all just collections of the same 26 letters", or "all stories are the same, they're just characters doing things."

One category listed here is Pursuit:

> the fugitive flees punishment for a misunderstood conflict. Example: Les Misérables

By this logic, 'Les Miserables', 'Mission Impossible', and 'Catch Me if You Can' are all just rehashing the same basic idea. On an existential level, sure, but is there any practical use to a category that broad?

IIRC it was further simplified to just combinations of rise and fall of characters.

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