If that title doesn't draw you in I don't know what will... who doesn't like Mark Wahlberg? I went to see Contraband last night knowing it wasn't going to be good but also knowing it was exactly what I was in the mood for... superficial entertainment with a predictable happy ending. I didn't want to feel stressed out over any fictional situation (I'll blame in on the bus scenario) and so I went with Wahlberg's latest.
This got me thinking about the characters he plays. He is always the active protagonist who comes out on top. (With the exception of Fear, which we all know is a classic.) We still like him even though his roles are predictable and cliche... Why is that? Is it because he always plays the sexy, sacrificing, badass hero? Or do we just love Mark Wahlberg? Food for thought...
Perhaps it is, because we like predictable and cliche characters. These types of characters take the "work" out of figuring out their motivations and characteristics, because we have seen them before.
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