Stanley Tweedle
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Originally posted by FX:
[b] because this is one of the times when his viewpoint is shared…doesn’t always work that way [img]http://www.sadgeezer.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img][/b]
…And he also thinks that people disagree with him just to disagree with him, which would be a stupid and pointless thing to do.
For the record, this is one of the few times that I agree with DT. “Ordinary” folks are oftentimes the leads in sci-fi or fantasy because the viewer needs someone to identify with in order to be drawn into the story. Without a lead character with identifiably human traits of some sort, the story may (on TV or in films, anyway) serve as decent eye candy, but will push away the audiece by being inaccessible. Stan serves as our “eyes,” so to speak, by being “ordinary.” He stands as an entertaining character on his own because everything that is ordinary about him is pushed into overdrive. People are generally cowardly when faced with the unknown? Stan’s 10 times more cowardly. People are self-centered? Stan puts his *hat* before the fate of the universe. People are driven by their lusts? Stan…well, you get the picture.
–Aleck