PODCAST – Show Me A Hero: Do You Need An Active Main Character?
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Show Me A Hero broke the most profound rule of screenwriting, the first commandment: Thou shalt have an active main character.
If Show Me A Hero didn't work for you, there is a good chance that this is the reason. And if it did work for you, there is a good chance that this is the reason as well.
The choice to have an inactive protagonist is related directly to the theme and the ironic title of Show Me A Hero.
What is brilliant about the journey of Nick Wasicsko, its main character, played by Oscar Issac is precisely that he is not the hero we are longing for...
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