![]() Oscars 2023: Best Original Song Predictions Oscar Voters Go International For Best Live Action Short Picks This Week in Home Video: 'Listen Up Philip,' 'The Soft Skin' and More But we know these types and while often not likable, they’re real and often quite hilariously awful.ĭaily Reads: Sexism Isn't Just a 'Straight Outta Compton' Problem, How Samuel L. These characters often are masking deep pain, insecurity, self-doubt and or misplaced arrogance. Said archetype is of course often complex, and “asshole” frequently doesn’t cover it. ![]() There’s more than a few examples of the archetype doing the rounds at the moment, from the three lovably awful kids in Amazon’s brilliant “ Transparent” to the title character of Alex Ross Perry‘s brilliant “ Listen Up Philip ,” which opened in limited release last Friday and will continue to expand in the coming weeks. ![]() And in certain movies, likability is a factor, but we’d rather spend time with three-dimensional characters who were interesting, authentic and human, rather than simply blandly nice, and there’s something particularly fascinating about the self-absorbed, narcissistic, unrepentant asshole. “The characters aren’t sympathetic enough,” goes one of the most popular, and most-derided, notes perpetually sent from executives to filmmakers. ![]()
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