> If HAMLET or MACBETH had been written in the
20th
> Century instead of the 15th, would you really say
that
> neither of those characters was worthy of being put
on
> a list of the most important characters in the
era's
> literature because they appeared in stage
plays
> instead of books?
>
> And if you are willing to stretch a point for
an
> essentially visual medium like comic strips, why
not
> for film or television which, like any dramatic
form,
> begins with the written word?
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
I have to say I tend to see things the way Jim does, here. I
find it very difficult to separate hb movies, tv shows &
books & think of them as totally separate categories -
particularly movies & hb books which have practically
grown up together. The American tough-guy thriller is just as
at home between covers as on the silver screen.On the other
hand, it does seem as if we have enough characters to vote on
without further opening the floodgates.Perhaps we should
leave the call to the nominee - as ahs been pointed out, if
no one else agrees, they won't vote for it.
Rene
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