{"product_id":"im-no-superman-antiheroes-in-popular-culture-exploring-tv-characters-volume-1-9798343173727","title":"I'm No Superman! Antiheroes in Popular Culture: Exploring TV Characters (Volume 1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Daniel Di Lella\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Television - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is an antihero? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis literary invention goes back to the Greeks who used such characters to tell tales of morality to their children.\u003cbr\u003eReligious texts also talk of flawed, imperfect humans who regardless of their problems, rise to the challenge of saving others and using their inner strength to defeat the devil and other demons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eI'm no Superman! Antiheroes in Popular Culture - Examining TV Characters (Volume 1) \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efocuses on the most interesting antihero on network television, cable and streaming service over the past sixty years. This volume in a series of four (TV, movies, sports and music) highlights such popular antihero characters such as Tony Soprano, Walter White, Don Draper, Dexter Morgan and others. Each character is summarized for both his strengths and weaknesses and his\/her story is examined to see how each antihero responses to personal or professional challenges in life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDo each of our antiheroes redeem themselves at the end of their journeys? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany do find redemption, but what would you say this about Walter White? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you call killing a bunch of Nazi-type drug deals, providing his wife a 'get out of jail free' card and rescuing Jessie from his captures, then, yes. Yet if you see Heisenberg still as a murderer and selfish meth king, perhaps not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat about Dexter? And Tony S? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMad Men\u003c\/i\u003e, Don Draper finally comes to realize he must accept what he has become and face new challenges as the man he stole his identity from as he starts to work for a new advertising firm back in NY. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo take your time looking at how each of the top TV character over the past 65 years in the history of the medium have turned out in the stories we love to watch\/watched each week. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWould it not be easier to better understand what top writers and producers want you see in their most entertaining characters - especially those with flaws, some ruthless, others, harmless? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith so many antiheroes like John Locke and Ben Linus on the iconic series, \u003ci\u003eLost, \u003c\/i\u003e is it not time to give these characters and their stories a closer look?","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45571751379095,"sku":"9798343173727","price":1598.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798343173727.webp?v=1768596089","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/im-no-superman-antiheroes-in-popular-culture-exploring-tv-characters-volume-1-9798343173727","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}