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antihero a central character in a novel, play, etc., who lacks the traditional heroic virtues How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Novelist and playwright Matthew Carnahan was brought in and tinkered with the concept, introducing, at FX's suggestion, ``a female antihero. Her final contact with the theater came in 1999 when the Limon Dance Company invited her to restage Champion (1948), an early work about a prize-fighter who was an antihero. There are some who credit Sabatini with the introduction of the antihero to pop culture; indeed, many of his main characters are rogues. |
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