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Originally Posted by Austin
Thanks Bear,
I think a better judgment of a fictional character can be done from a novel than from a character mentioned in passing from a play or movie. I feel that several of the characters from The Professional were done to conservatively on my part. Jofre recommended The Professional as a good read and he was right on!! Excellent book with great development of each character weather they played a major part in the story or not. You had a great idea when you came up with this fictional group; the only danger is rating inflation making it unrealistic.
Austin
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I agree with you on the Professional. I'll be giving it a reread. In the example of Odets Golden Boy I tried to be careful to rate the guys who were merely named into TCs. Rating inflation is a danger especially since every other film character seems to a champion of some sort. I'm trying to give some of these Monte Masters types of champs Monte Masters type of championship ratings. The films, Against the Ropes and Ali both have a number of unnamed boxers in bit parts. With these types I attempt to mix around names of the actors to create more TCs for the sake of balance.
Of the film fighters I've done so far I happiest with Charlie Davis and Ben Chapman (John Garfield and Canada Lee)
Bear