Re: Highlander Character Seminar: Richie Ryan in The Innocent
by morty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Mordechai T. Abzug)
Jan 21, 2008 at 12:09 AM
In article
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"Shomeret " <JDChronicler@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> spake thusly:
> 2) Do you think Richie's impulse to help Mikey is praisworthy?
Absolutely. Mikey cannot adequately defend himself, so Richie was
prepared to defend him. What's not to like?
> 6)Why is Richie confident that he can control Mikey when he pleads
> with the cops not to shoot him? Does he have good grounds for
> believing that Mikey would obey him?
A lot of people tend to think of the mentally disabled as large
children. This is not really accurate, though.
- Morty
