He is the first of Fuller's many protagonists named Griff, and the first to undergo the distinctive transformation, from cynical self-interest to idealistic enlightenment, that drives much of Fuller's work.
Much has been made of the fact that Merida is Pixar's first full-blown female protagonist, a ground-breaking heroine who has been officially inducted into the Disney Princess lineage.
Jeffrey Skilling, the disgraced former CEO of Enron, who played high-risk games with energy supply, made accountancy a fantasy of future growth, and for a decade convinced Wall Street that he was "the smartest guy in the room", is presented as a full-blown tragic protagonist - a corporate Macbeth.
Spending 80 minutes with Alby Cutrera (Matt McGrath), the insufferable protagonist of "Full Grown Men," a serious road comedy about arrested development, is excruciating enough.
In "Goodbye, My Brother," a story that ends with the idyllic vision of two women emerging from the sea, "naked, unshy, beautiful, and full of grace," the protagonist clubs his brother unconscious with a saltwater-soaked root.
In the first act of Buoyant Billions (1946 48), his last full-length play, his protagonist asks: Why appeal to the mob when ninetyfive per cent of them do not understand politics, and can do nothing but mischief without leaders?
In new court documents released by the Post, Rubin Erdely said that she had full confidence in her protagonist until Dec. 5, 2014, when Jackie told her the fraternity in question, Phi Kappa Psi, was going to be issuing a statement denying the story.
I was horrified to hear that two of the projects mentioned resembled my own: short stories with working-class protagonists, full of joy under a blue spring sky, with none of those clouds or that damn rain that had characterized my earlier attempts.
Firstly, the superhero world is already full of male protagonists, so go find your own film.
But Fuller didn't care for protagonists who immediately proclaimed their clean-cut virtues or vices.
