If you've been reading No Film School long enough, you know I am a massive Jack Reacher fan. The show (and the movies) scratches an itch for just a rogue guy out there trying to do what's right, with any means necessary.It's a simple look at right and wrong that I think activates a part of our brain that wants the world to be simpler, and finds moral fortitude and ultimate justice.I could wax poetic about how much I love the character, and that's why I always give props to the author behind him, Lee Child.In a recent interview with The New York Times, Lee Child discussed how the character of Jack Reacher was inspired by a common detective trope, and I wanted to explore this further.Let's dive in. - YouTubewww.youtube.comJack Reacher Is A New Kind of Detective If you want a character to be memorable, they need to stand out and be different than what people expect. They need to feel original and lived-in.And that's what Child set out to do when he was formulating who Reacher is and building into who he would become inside his books.This was a guy who had to stand out from other detective novels.Child told The New York Times, "The detective was an alcoholic," and then he continued, "which was great the first time out, a real issue, real characterization. But then the next guy is a divorced alcoholic. Then a divorced alcoholic whose teenage daughter hates him. Then, a divorced alcoholic whose...
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