Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide over "heroes"

Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday January 23, 2026 @01:31AM (#46729181)

> i.e.: Tony Soprano is a monster, but he also has charisma and glamour. Walter White is dying and becoming more and more amoral, but he also goes from being a dork to a badass. Both characters are utter glamorisations of what their real life counterparts would be like.

I'm not actually disagreeing with you, but I wonder how you think you know this to be true?

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Re:Douglas Adams on the English–American cultural divide ove... by dbspin on Monday January 26, 2026 @02:24PM (#46770293)

Well for one, no real life mob overlord has a killer sound track and the best DOPs in the business making him look 'cool'. Real life violence doesn't cut away. Real life doesn't have moments of humours for the families of the murdered left behind etc etc.

I'm a filmmaker myself, and the nature of narrative television is to glamorise.

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