“Whether these characters are lovable or detestable, they're lovable or detestable in a TV way - defined by a minimal set of traits that are endlessly reiterated and incapable of expansion or alteration, a fixed loop.” WayCharacterTvsDefinedFixedTraitsIncapableExpansionLoopsLovableAlterations Book:Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons Source: Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons