Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Brain Is Playing With Three Jacks

How to Write Your Own Amazing Leading Male Character (TV Drama) in a Few Simple Steps: A Study Through Three Jacks *
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My shameless attempt at posting randomly about my love for the following three characters
I am posting this while still high on my Lost buzz. The premiere of season 6 was absolutely mind blowing.
1. Give your character a good strong name, something simple but solid and memorable. Something like, I don’t know, Jack?
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2. Give your character a dramatic relationship with a close family member, preferably parent or child
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3. Give your character a tragic, dramatic, destructive and tumultuous romantic connection, and/or a failed track record when it comes to relationships
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4. Give your character badass skills in his field
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5. At random times, introduce the fact that your character has even more outstanding skills in fields not related to his own
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(chopping off daughter’s boyfriend’s hand. all in a day’s work for Jack Bauer)
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(CIA agent Jack performing medical procedure)
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(doctor Jack carrying a gun)
6. Have your character go rogue often
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7. Anger issues are sexy
24 Series 7 ( was shot for Series 6 but never used)
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8. Make them carry a weapon, often
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9. Put them in proximity of nuclear weapons/devices
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10. Make them yell at people often
24:  Jack (Kiefer Sutherland, L) tries to get information from his brother Graham (Paul McCrane, R) in the "Day 6: 10:00 AM-11:00 AM” episode that aired Monday, Jan. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX.  ©2006 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Kelsey McNeal/FOX 
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11. Give them a frenemy who is more effed up than they are
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12. Have them in conflict with figures of authority
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13. Constantly portray them in their messed up, flawed image and if you ever have them up on a pedestal, make sure to kick them off, hard.
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14. Substance abuse is a must.
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15. And finally of course, the emo beard. Nothing says your character is epic like a hideous, furry thing on their face.
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*Just for the record, I have not seen 24 since s6, so apologies for any hard core fans for my “expired” info.

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