The novel's Wall Street protagonist, Harry Shapiro, and his wife, Nora, live at an unnamed Manhattan address that's a dead ringer for 15 Central Park West, the luxurious tower designed by Robert A. M. Stern that is home to big names like Lloyd C. Blankfein and the hedge fund manager Daniel S. Loeb, whose name is listed in the book's acknowledgements.
Bashful Wanda Jackson is merely Tongue Tied in her beloved's presence, but The Streets's protagonist in Fit But Don't You Know It takes the prize for sheer idiocy.
The not-mean but mean-street-walking protagonist of the book is Marcus Clay, a black Vietnam veteran and record-store owner, who "only wanted to run his business, live a quiet kind of life".
While in the ballet of the 19th century the principal dancers would appear stage center, opposite the royal box, and the corps de ballet would fan out alongside them, in a Cunningham dance, as on a New York street, the protagonists moved without hierarchy.
According to Broadway World, "The Anthem" is set to take the stage at Lynn Redgrave Theater this May, bringing a musical version of Rand's ode to street sweeping protagonists to eager audiences everywhere.
Smith's Women's prize shortlisted novel returns her to home turf: Willesden, the north west corner of London in which she was raised and on whose streets her protagonists' lives intersect first as council estate kids, then drift apart and intersect again over intervening decades, into adulthood and family life.
In The House on Mango Street the young protagonist, Esperanza, longs to have her own house: "Not a flat.
Below, RYU VS JESSE, a short, sweet 3D-animated tribute that pits Street Fighter's protagonist against (arguably) Breaking Bad's.
In the 1980s the villainous protagonist of "Wall Street", Gordon Gekko, argued that "greed is good"; nobody expects the forthcoming sequel to be any more nuanced.
While bounty hunters don't normally get involved in murder cases, Keye Street, the smart and competent protagonist, was once an F.B.I. profiler (and has a personal relationship with the lead investigator), which qualifies her as a consultant.
Special move: Tiger Knee (F,D,DF+K) Ultra: Tiger Destruction (QCF x 2 + All Kicks) The central protagonist in the Street Fighter series, and one of the most recognisable characters in fighting game history.
