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• n  a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)

• The young antihero dislikes the formatted judging system and just about everything ordained by the Olympics and is suspicious of its structure and its ability to deal with his .
• Benny Profane, a schlemiel (the Yiddish word for chronic bumbler), is the novel's antihero.
• Class envy, novel murders and lifestyle voyeurism: Layer Cake's a classic English antihero movie.

News & Articles

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• The Contenders: Timothy Olyphant of 'Justified'
  Justifiedjust finished a typically terrific fourth season that featured the Detroit Mafia invading Kentucky, a marriage proposal from antihero Boyd Crowder to his love Ava and Patton Oswalt playing a constable who takes it (and takes it) on the chin before turning into an unlikely hero and saving the day. In the middle of this chaos, as always, stood Timothy Olyphant's Deputy U.S. Marshal ...
  June 12, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• Emmy contenders: Timothy Olyphant of 'Justified'
  Justifiedjust finished a typically terrific fourth season that featured the Detroit Mafia invading Kentucky, a marriage proposal from antihero Boyd Crowder to his love Ava and Patton Oswalt playing a constable who takes it (and takes it) on the chin before turning into an unlikely hero and saving the day. In the middle of this chaos, as always, stood Timothy Olyphant's Deputy U.S. Marshal ...
  June 12, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
• The Contenders: Timothy Olyphant of 'Justified'
  Justifiedjust finished a typically terrific fourth season that featured the Detroit Mafia invading Kentucky, a marriage proposal from antihero Boyd Crowder to his love Ava and Patton Oswalt playing a constable who takes it (and takes it) on the chin before turning into an unlikely hero and saving the day. In the middle of this chaos, as always, stood Timothy Olyphant's Deputy U.S. Marshal ...
  June 12, 2013 - Los Angeles Times

Quotes

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• Jon Favreau in InTheNews.co.uk
  Downey brings a lot of attitude to the '60s cad bachelor paradigm,Favreau explained to Variety. "He had fun with his antihero, and made him likeable. I wanted an alternative to the traditional DC fearless superhero like Superman. Marvel...
• Peter Krause in BuddyTV
  I told him (Wright) that if I did do something, I'd want to do something that was ultimately more heroic than Nate Fisher,Krause added. "The complicated antihero is not something I needed to explore again."
• Jeff Pearlman in Los Angeles Times
  In his biography "Love Me, Hate Me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Antihero," author Jeff Pearlman describes how the 12-year-old nephew of Pirates pitcher Danny Darwin once handed Bonds a baseball card to sign.