Character-driven TV series differ from action genres in depicting inner conflict over violence

Evidence

Inner feelings and thoughts are manifested through self-reflective, revealing dialogue. The character-driven series Wyatt Earp was structured around Earp’s remorse at having killed a man and how it shaped his approach to maintaining public peace and order (Senate Hearings, 1962). As we shall see shortly, the “action and adventure” genre, which avoids talk like the plague, has little room for an inner life that reflects the interplay of motivating forces governing the actions of the characters. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 942

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Connects to the observation that the action genre’s silence about motivation mirrors real-world killers’ lack of self-narration — a parallel with moral disengagement theory.