Fictional characters and archetypes

[bobc]

During the discussion with Strauss and Howe, when we were watching David Kaisers film clips, in I think 1999, it was pointed out that the stories were often written a few years earlier than when filmed, and the authors often had a sense of generations a few years out of date. So, generally, a character of a certain age in a TV show or film might be representing a generation of someone born a few to several years earlier.