Sunday, February 27, 2011

TV Team Roles


Have you noticed how TV police procedurals use the same types to make up a team:

You need leader, ladies' man, black guy, girl and rookie (newbie).

Most teams have most of these roles, some with substitutions (e.g. Asian for black). In small teams, 1 person may play 2 roles. Big teams may have more than fill the role.

Add a backroom geek or scientist if the team is not all nerds already.

This applies to criminal teams as well, e.g. Italian Job and Inception.


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