(1) There has been an overwhelming interest in the story of King Kong from its first appearance in a 1933 movie to the popular remake of that film in 2005. (2) The basic story is pretty simple. (3) The first thing that happens is that filmmakers go to a mysterious island to make a movie about an enormous ape. (4) The ape then snatches the leading lady, with whom he falls in love. (5) _____ the ape is captured, he is taken back to the United States and put on display in New York. (6) The next turn in the plot is that he escapes, grabs the girl again, rampages through the city, and climbs to the top of the Empire State Building. What word best completes the sentence?