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Old 02-11-2023, 04:13 AM   #40
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I used to read a lot of westerns as a kid. I hated the ones where the good guy bungled and flailed his way through the book. Then at the end miraculously figured everything out and put the bad guys away. Give me smart protagonists every time. Stupid would get you killed in real life. Most bad guys aren't imbeciles either.
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This reminded of a truly excellent K-Drama, Forest of Secrets ("Stranger" on Netflix) - the two goodies were very smart, focused and fallible, and so was the the lead baddie. The result was compelling. Sadly, in both literature and movies/tv, the exception rather than the norm
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