Now, if you start to discuss the difference between bad, evil, and morally ambiguous, the thing is going to get really complicated... I have been thinking about Monty Clift in "A Place in the Sun"... why do we consider him the hero, when he commits a crime? Why don't we feel pity for poor Shelly Winters? Why do we justify his murder? Very problematic film.... --- Evan Rosenfield <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > mike frank wrote: > > "at a quick guess, we'll find many fewer evil heroes > than > evil heroines . . . and if that's the case it ought > to tell us > something about ourselves that we need -- but don't > want > to -- know . . ." > > > Isn't an evil hero impossible? I've always found the > non-evilness of > protagonists to be one of the most intriguing points > of identification for > me. At most I've found some heroes morally > ambiguous. But evil? Its tough to > call the person you are identifying with evil. Maybe > bad, but evil? > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]