1. And the last panel I hosted for #wordfest2014 featured @sternbergh talking about "Sympathy for the Devil" (i.e. antiheroes)
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2. Topics covered: the hard-boiled detective as social critic * flaneur; anti-hero as longstanding literary figure recently adopted by TV.
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3. Why the anti-hero allows for explorations of moral complexity that the straight-forward hero doesn't.
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4. The appeal of Milton's Satan and Michael Corleone from the Godfather. The ambiguity of message CRIME DOES NOT PAY
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5. The wonderfully ironic ending of Goodfellas, where Henry Hill's punishment is that he becomes like us (the audience).
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6. Difficulty of incorporating non-linear or non-narrative forms (tweets, video games) into narrative art.
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7. And with that I finished off the fifth and last panel at #wordfest2014
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