protagonists

“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Hacks” — both of which use Rivers’ life, to varying degrees, as a model for their protagonists — have taken us inside the personal and professional hurdles of being a trailblazing female stand-up comic in the Rivers mode.

Each of the songs explicates a place and time of an incident or an idea in the lives of the protagonists.

As far as Kubrick's movies go, Greutert described him as a "slippery character" and "craftsman without peer" whose empathy for the protagonists in "The Shining" belies his reputation for being unemotional — and helps explain the movie's interest in social justice issuers.

The Middle East is once again on the brink of a deep and damaging war between two protagonists that have been facing off against each other for much of the past 45 years.

Yet, what grounds the story amid the pileup of sci-fi terms and lore is the convincingly intense bond that these male protagonists have nurtured.