wow that was deep On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 12:21 PM, ravenadal <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I just saw my first episode of Timothy Hutton's new TNT series > "Leverage." "Leverage" is what you would get if you artificially > inseminated "Mission:Impossible!" with "Oceans Eleven." I like it and > have scheduled my DVR to record future episodes but I feel compelled > to mention that the lone black regular character, Alec Hardison (Aldis > Hodge), like IM's Barney Collier (Gregg Morris)and Luther Stickell > (Ving Rhames)- heck, like Hogan Heroe Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe (the > late great Ivan Dixon), both completes and depletes me. > > On one hand, all are self-contained, obviously well educated, > articulate electronics experts. On the other hand, all are given > precious little to do. While the other, primarily white cast mates > get to cavort about wearing masks and assuming other identities, the > lone black technology geek is tethered to his computers and his > listening devices. More often than not their electronic wizardry saves > the day but they rarely get any of the glory. > > In short, our hero gets to witness the pageantry but rarely gets to > participate in it. While there is plenty of interaction between most > of the white characters, our hero is literally a "black hole" into > which camera light goes but nothing - no personality, no back story, > no nothing - escapes. > > And, as such, he is the ultimate "Invisible Man." > > ~rave! > >
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