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   "Sentinel"  wrote in message   
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   >> "Sentinel"  wrote in message   
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   >>> Djeez, some people REALLY don't like the deck-a-rep subtext, do they?   
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   >> Jumping in here. It's not the subtext that's the problem, it's the   
   >> "Ridley said so" that's a problem for me.   
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   >> He's not the only person who had a hand in creating the character of   
   >> Deckard.   
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   > But the whole deck's a rep thing was *his idea*! How can the director of a   
   > movie *not* be a capital factor in his own idea?   
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   > Who or whatever Deckard was in PK Dick's novel or Fancher's or Peoples   
   > screenplays surely is irrelevant.   
      
   What about the actor who *portrayed* the character in question?   
      
   And I think the screenplay is HUGELY relevent. The novel? I agree.   
   Irrelevant. Helps to inform us of what came before, but is not a reference.   
      
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