Fulsome Praise For Flat Characters
‘It is only round people who are fit to perform tragically for any length of time and can move us to any feelings.’
I used to believe that this was true.
Plainly.
Now, that it is untrue.
Obviously.
At least, I hope that’s the case.
Otherwise, soon we’ll all be serial-killer groupies.
Mob wives.
Nazi sympathisers.
Why?
Well, without trying, we can’t help but absorb –
Read/see/hear –
Every aspect of these globular characters’ histories.
