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Podcast: The Creative Process in 10 minutes or less Β· Arts, Culture & Society: Books, Film, Music, TV, Art, Writing, Creativity, Education, Environment, Theatre, Dance, LGBTQ, Climate Change, Sustainability, Social Justice, Spirituality, Feminism, Technology
Episode: From Spy Thrillers to Police Dramas w/ Writer, Creator, Showrunner ALEXI HAWLEY
Description: βThere used to be a time when leading men were okay with falling down as a character. Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones is a prime example of that. Even going back to the fifties, they understood that failure and falling down, but getting back up, is an endearing quality. It's a universal human quality. We have gotten to a point in the last 10 or 15 years, or maybe longer, where leading men often want to win every fight. Itβs in their contract: "I have to win every fight" or "I can't fail" or "I can't fall down." It's just such...