Joe Pace
Favorite Fictional Characters, #60: Dana Scully
I was slow to warm to The X-Files. I eventually started watching it because Jen was a faithful devotee, and if she was making this list,...
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Joe Pace
Feb 28, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #59: Basil Fawlty
Basil Fawlty owns a hotel. At least, his wife Sybil does, and she allows him to think he does too. Running that hotel would be a joy to...
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Joe Pace
Feb 27, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #58: Haymitch Abernathy
I'm not a huge fan of the Hunger Games books or movies. Katniss is a bit too Mary Sue for me, and Jennifer Lawrence's portrayal a bit too...
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Joe Pace
Feb 26, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #57: Victor Frankenstein
In 1816, young Mary Shelley and her lover Percy Shelley visited Lord Byron at Lake Geneva. Byron suggested they write ghost stories. Mary...
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Joe Pace
Feb 25, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #56: Barney Stinson
How I Met Your Mother was a great show, then a decent one, before descending into mediocrity for the last third of its run. Most viewers...
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Joe Pace
Feb 24, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #55: Marion Ravenwood
Indy's true love, Marion was a throwback to the tough-broad school of 1930s Hollywood serials, less damsel in distress than land mine in...
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Joe Pace
Feb 23, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #54: Philippe the Mouse
Ladyhawke is an underrated classic. The plot is simple and effective, the cinematography is consistently beautiful, Rutger Hauer is at...
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Joe Pace
Feb 22, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #53: Professor X
The X-Men were unusual in the early 1960s for several reasons. They were young, students really, but more importantly they were...
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Joe Pace
Feb 21, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #52: Flora-717
Be warned: The Bees by Laline Paull is a weird book, an odd, foreign feminine manifesto. It follows the experiences of Flora-717, a...
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Joe Pace
Feb 20, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #51: OWEN MEANY
It is likely that some portion of my affection for A Prayer for Owen Meany stems from the setting. Irving's Gravesend is a...
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Joe Pace
Feb 19, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #50: Darth Vader
The Empire Strikes Back is the first movie I can remember seeing in the theater. I was five years old, and it's hard to parse my actual...
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Joe Pace
Feb 18, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #49: Amy Gardner
I could probably do a whole week or more just on West Wing characters. Among them would be, without question, Amy Gardner. There's so...
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