Not Many Likeable Characters

@DWDavis (25797)
United States
March 5, 2023 7:26pm CST
K has been watching the Masterpiece Theater show Sanditon, based loosely on an unfinished Jane Austen story. I have watched a few episodes with her and reached the conclusion that out of the huge number of regular characters on the show, there are only one or two truly likeable characters. Charlotte Heywood, Arthur Parker, and Lord Babbington are okay. The rest of the characters, over a dozen, are, for various reasons, just not characters one can empathize with it. Some are despicable, as some should be. The rest just seem superfluous.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
7 Mar 23
Not heard of this one. I usually avoid this type of costume drama
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
8 Mar 23
As do I, but the missus is really into them.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381925)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Mar 23
Do you think it reflected on the characters as they were written, or on the people chosen to play the parts?
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
6 Mar 23
On the characters as written. I like and admire many of the actors and think they are doing a good job being hard-to-like characters.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52905)
• Mojave, California
6 Mar 23
Just curios on your take of the Last of US pretty good outside when they go to like you said into over characterizing is what I what I call it. Two episodes that they just killed to much time and I know they gonna rush the ending. I am not big on shows like that because put me to sleep and you just go we get the point after awhile. No need to over do it. and rest of show will do it with what we did not get.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
6 Mar 23
I haven't seen Last of US, but it from what you wrote, it seems they must have done the same thing with trying to cram too many character stories into the show.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
6 Mar 23
Sounds okay DW. I may check it out if I can find it. I like those shows. When I find I do not like a character, I think well, he must be acting it well then.
Four Walls
@FourWalls (86615)
• United States
6 Mar 23
Maybe that’s why it went unfinished.
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DW Davis
@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
6 Mar 23
That could be. I wonder if Ms. Austen would have edited some of the excess out before she was done.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
6 Mar 23
I used to watch Masterpiece Theater but I didn't really get into it.