The Antihero in American Television by Margrethe Bruun Vaage

The Antihero in American Television Margrethe Bruun Vaage ebook
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9781138885974
Page: 248
Format: pdf

Of course, the anti-hero is hardly unprecedented, not just in literature but in film and television. Amazon.com: The Antihero in American Television (Routledge Advances in Television Studies) (9781138885974): Margrethe Bruun Vaage: Books. Believe it or not, TV wants us to believe in heroism again. Film noir was replete with anti-heroes. How Well Do You Remember “Coming To America”? What we need is a varied representation of Black people on TV so that we don't have to depend on every show to speak for us and “get it right. When the antihero TV trend began around the same time as the so-called Golden Age, it seemed like the unspoken rule was “no girls allowed. And the easiest way to become a fixture of American television is to be a charming protagonist. Is a fictional character good because they act “good,” or because they make us think? An era of anti-heroes has surrendered—for the moment, at least—to atonement. It should generally be the latter, right?