Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id OAA11601 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 12 May 2001 14:50:01 +0100 X-Originating-IP: [209.240.220.215] From: "Scott Chase" <ecphoric@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: anti-heroine, anti-hero, and villain Date: Sat, 12 May 2001 09:45:54 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <F227Er8pkpLkTgbLYlu000048b7@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 May 2001 13:45:54.0255 (UTC) FILETIME=[DD5E3DF0:01C0DAE9] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Giving the heroine/hero topic more thought, I began wondering when a
character might be more of an anti-heroine or anti-hero, instead of a
heroine or hero. Would some of the music legends be more like anti-heroines
and anti-heroes than true heroines and heros? What about rock stars addicted
to heroin?
In wrestling scripts the shift from hero (or anti-hero?) to villain can be
quite abrupt. A character who was a favorite of the crowd could suddenly be
transformed into an evil menace with one good dirty double cross.
OTOH for some wrestling fans, the villains are the heroes.
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