Re: Fatal Flaw?
Seems like if you twist the meaning of protagonist enough, you can make it support almost any theory, so I'm not going to argue over definitions. I think yours is wrong, but I give. Define it however you want.
I will say this about Casablanca though: if you actually set out to write it with the notion that Laszlo is the protagonist, I don't think you'd end up with the movie we all know. For one thing, you'd probably have him do more stuff than sing a song, get arrested and have some bar owner save his ass.
I mean, Ilsa goes back to face a jilted lover, pulls a gun on him, and ultimately convinces him to stick his neck out for her. Maybe she's the protagonist?
But whatever we call Laszlo, can we at least spell the guy's name right?
Originally posted by JimHull
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I will say this about Casablanca though: if you actually set out to write it with the notion that Laszlo is the protagonist, I don't think you'd end up with the movie we all know. For one thing, you'd probably have him do more stuff than sing a song, get arrested and have some bar owner save his ass.
I mean, Ilsa goes back to face a jilted lover, pulls a gun on him, and ultimately convinces him to stick his neck out for her. Maybe she's the protagonist?
But whatever we call Laszlo, can we at least spell the guy's name right?
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