Episode 149: The Real Character

Fansplaining - A podcast by Elizabeth Minkel & Flourish Klink - Wednesdays

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In Episode 149, “The Real Character,” Flourish and Elizabeth examine the rhetorical phenomenon of framing fictional characters as real, living people, independent of the texts in which they were created. Topics covered include Plato’s allegory of the cave, “comfort characters,” bad writing advice, and how people choose to externalize their emotions.

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