Re: Star Wars Racist?
Tim O'Connor (tim@roughdraft.org)
Mon, 02 Aug 1999 22:22:01 -0400
At 1:47 PM -0400 on 8/1/99, Jim wrote:
> >"stock character" was a new term to me, so i talked to a friend who
> >knows
> >more about writing than i do. by stock characther i assume you mean
> >flat
> >characters as opposed to round characters, flat characters being the
> >one
> >used to make the story move along without having to invent a
> >personality
> >(the sports announcers, for example), and round characters being the
> >personalities you invent and develop at the hub of a story. is that
> >correct?
> >
>
> Yes, that's true. I'd also have to ask also why these characters are
> "flat," and what is meant by that term.
I'm not very interested in the Star Wars talk, but the notion of "flat" vs.
"rounded" characters comes from E.M. Forster, who of course advocated that
it was perfectly acceptable for a walk-through character to have not much
character, while it was essential for a major character to be fleshed out.
--tim