You don't have to have stereotypical inherent flaws to have an interesting character.
Peter's absolutely who I was thinking of to disagree with the point. Sure, it's fun to have a douchebag like Nathan Ford, but you don't
have
to go there. And for women it's too often framed like being kickass means you have to give up something (note, I don't watch IPS, so I have no opinion on the specifics) to be able to compete in a predominantly masculine world. Whereas the male protagonists often display nothing worse than obsessiveness and a bit of situational tone-deafness.
See "car always breaking down" equals "bad luck" to me, which seems gender-neutral, but I guess it would matter on how they played it. I've not seen the show.
They made it seem like her car was a POS, as opposed to it just being a run of bad luck.
I forgot about that. I thought that was ridiculous - she makes a decent salary, if she can afford that nice house with room for her mom and sister too; she can't buy a new car? Especially since being able to get places reliably was an important part of her job.
And the kicker is that as a US Marshal, THEY GIVE YOU A GOVERNMENT CAR!! I can't tell you how many marshals I knew who didn't even have jobs where they really needed to be running around who had cars.
Writer research fail. Can I be a US Marshal? Oh, wait. No, I can't. The government doesn't let people like me have badges!
Writer research fail
That's my point. I don't see it as a research fail, I think that it was a deliberate choice in order to give her a flaw.
I don't see it as a research fail, I think that it was a deliberate choice in order to give her a flaw.
Yeah. The breakdowns aren't played as bad luck - it's her having this crappy car and refusing to do anything about it to demonstrate stubborness or lack or control or something in a way that's really not necessary.
The Leverage S2 DVDs come out May 25th, and here are the special features:
- Audio commentary on every episode
- The Creators of Leverage Q&A
- John Rogers Set Tour
- "Behind the Boom" Featurette
- “The Hand Job” Spoof Video
- Andy Lange Music Featurette
- Season 2 Wrap Party Gag Reel
I do love a good gag reel. Well, I do when they don't send me running away with a bad case of the Motts.
