Thursday, January 10, 2008

Finding a Narrative and an Illustrative Approach

I tried to think...if my uncle was young now, which famous person or character would he be most like?! From speaking to his brothers I learnt that he was part of the pack but wasn't the ring leader. He told them that he knew what he was doing was wrong but it was just so much fun. He was given immediate respect by everyone without having to worry about the responsibility. They'd go into restaurants without paying the bill and they'd never be confronted because everyone was too frightened of them.



Here are some of my ideas bearing in mind his personality...

*An Indian/Bollywood pastiche of the Godfather films.

*An Indian pastiche of Eastenders (soap opera). The story is too ridiculous to be true! Maybe he was somewhere between Phil Mitchel and Billy Mitchel.

*A regular Bollywood film, he'd be the villain turned good. Also a bit of a love story because he had to leave his life when he was on the run and met his new wife in the Andaman Islands...whilst he was still married.

*A computer game. The classic being on the run, you reach the next level when you successfully kill/escape/rob/beat up.

*An Indian comic book version of something like Beryl the Peril. Can't do right for doing wrong.

*The 10 commandments according to an Indian Gangster. How not to be caught.

*An Indian spoof of Robin Hood. When he was younger he was Big John. But when he got older he was Friar Tuck, he just ate and Drank a lot. Reminds me of the comedy "Goodness Gracious Me"-everything is Indian.

Apparently brother and right hand man to Pablo Escabar (no,1 most wanted criminal in America for smuggling cocaine?) said his brother said "it feels like being Robin Hood"

*Crime profiles - most wanted villains and their right hand men.

*A children's book, something that usually teaches good lessons and morels eg "Peter and Jane"

*Nursery rhymes or Fairy Tales in Brief. 3 little pig, cut the fox and instead there's a gangster in a turban. In every story he'sthe villain.

*Dot to dot - something else interactive

...comments and ideas very welcome!!






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