Star Wars
For each entry I've written, I've had to look up the character names. I don't think movies lend themselves easily to memorable character names. I'll remember the star and I'll remember the role, but the name of the character seems subordinate and often looks a bit tinny when I do look it up. (C.C. Baxter ... who?) In literature, the name is the character's chief represenation (rather than her face). In television, we spend so much time with the characters, who are our hooks to return into the work.Star Wars is the only movie I can think of where I can reliably come up with the name of every main character. I'm not counting that fishy-looking admiral guy.
Of course, if I grew up with a set of action figures from The Apartment, I might feel differently.
posted by Josh K-sky at
6:40 PM
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