Blog 21

Throughout the years, movies and other shows have started to make the villain seem like the innocent and honest character of a story.  As stories have evolved, the writers of these stories are trying to surprise the audience and make them second guess their beliefs.  Writers want their characters to be dynamic and have an interesting personality that cannot be predicted.  Writers can make a plot more unique by making the character act contradictory to your beliefs.  This can be seen in many new films such as The Dark Knight or Star Wars.  As Jeff Jenson describes in the article, Heroes and Villains, “Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather,  and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest turned criminals into heroes and justified the flip-flop by painting the Powers That Be as hypocritical, corrupt, and controlling” (Jenson 32).  Villains started to become heroes when the actual heroes started to become corrupt and dishonest.  When the viewer saw that the people who were actually supposed to be good were starting to change, they realized that maybe the villain was not so wrong after all.  If the hero was becoming corrupt, it is possible that the villain could actually be becoming honest.  It almost seems as if the role of the hero and villain has changed.  Heroes started using deceptive acts in order to accomplish their goals, while the villains had justifiable actions.  Heroes are supposed to be the characters that prevent evil and control the peace.  But in some shows, they have resorted to drastic measures in order to accomplish this.