Abstract:This chapter address the ways in which screenwriters create the persona of the anti-hero in the Chilean TV miniseries Heroes (2006)(2007), a six-part historical series about Chilean national heroes, currently used as educational material in Chilean schools. In the writing of this celebratory series, the key challenge was to create engaging characters who could be perceived as national "heroes" in the context of a contemporary series, when in fact, their historical actions were those of "un-heroic" real people,… Show more
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