Daily Dialogue theme for next week: Anti-Heroes

Last week the DDT was All Is Lost [courtesy of Teddy Pasternak]. This week: Anti-Heroes as suggested by Shaula Evans.

This is a subjective category. Your anti-hero may not be my anti-hero.

It’s interesting to see what Wikipedia has to say on the matter, listing these as characteristics of an antihero:

* Imperfections that separate them from typically “heroic” characters (selfishness, ignorance, bigotry, etc.)

* Lack of positive qualities such as “courage, physical prowess, and fortitude,” and “generally feel helpless in a world over which they have no control”

* Qualities normally belonging to villains (amorality, greed, violent tendencies, etc.) that may be tempered with more human, identifiable traits (confusion, self-hatred, etc.);[citation needed]
noble motives pursued by bending or breaking the law in the belief that “the ends justify the means.”

So before we can even start to spotlight dialogue, we need to think about this fundamental question: What is an anti-hero?

The usual drill:

* Copy/paste dialogue from IMDB Quotes or some other transcript source.

* Copy/paste the URL of an accompanying video from MovieClips or YouTube.

I’d also ask you to think about why the dialogue is notable. Is there anything about the dialogue which provides some takeaway re screenwriting?

Here is the lineup for upcoming Daily Dialogue themes:

October 15–21: Tongue-Tied [Annika Wood]

October 22–28: Sibling Rivalry [Traci Nell Peterson]

October 29-November 4: Kevin Smith [Sean Harris]

November 5–11: Exposition [Dean Scott]

November 12–18: Teacher-Student [Teddy Pasternak]

November 19–25: Breaking The Fourth Wall [Shaula Evans]

November 26-December 2: Giving Birth [blknwite]

December 3-December 9: Confessions of Love [SabinoGiado]

But this week our focus is on notable dialogue from or about anti-heroes.

See you in comments!

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