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<blockquote data-quote="Daniel Avery" data-source="post: 437751" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>Isn't it peculiar how they've watered down the character of Isaiah? When we met him (in the Lucky/Sidwell/Holly plot in Africa) he was charismatic and adventurous, risking his life daily in a war zone. Just the sort of character that would work well with Jordan, the ex-DEA agent, police commissioner and then-Vice Mayor. Now he just holds Portia's purse (metaphorically) and acts like a well-behaved lap dog, a far cry from his "ladies man" behavior when he arrived in PC. Isaiah has not once remarked about (let alone reacted to) Sidwell seemingly following him from Africa to PC and worming his way into the power structure. I also think they gave him the last name "Gannon," the name of a prominent AA family on <em>One Life to Live, </em>with the intention of tying him to characters in that soap but it has yet to be explored.</p><p></p><p>It's an old soap tradition to "reform" a villain or otherwise neutralize him/her by bringing in a bigger, badder villain to turn the villain into a victim. A good actor can use the opportunity to curry some sympathy from the audience and the show can (if done well) keep the villain on the show because he/she has been "humbled" sufficiently. I first saw this technique in action on <em>Dark Shadows</em>, when evil vampire Barnabas was turned into a sympathetic character when Angelique (the witch who cursed him) showed up and made him miserable in a thousand ways. She was seen as so much worse/evil than Barnabas---until Nicholas Blair, the demon who could destroy Angelique, showed up and victimized HER until she also began looking sympathetic in her own way.</p><p></p><p>There was an extended period of time when it looked like Jack Brennan was on his way out (likely in a pine box). He had "seduced" Josslyn into the WSB and was responsible for the infamous "Pikeman Industries" that no one really understood. But just as Carly and Valentin joined forces to destroy Brennan, Cullum shows up like Nicholas Blair, the "evillest of the evils" who can burn it all down and have everyone killed off when he wishes. So Brennan might just end up like Angelique, the "bad guy but a victim too" in the story and stick around despite all he's done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daniel Avery, post: 437751, member: 27"] Isn't it peculiar how they've watered down the character of Isaiah? When we met him (in the Lucky/Sidwell/Holly plot in Africa) he was charismatic and adventurous, risking his life daily in a war zone. Just the sort of character that would work well with Jordan, the ex-DEA agent, police commissioner and then-Vice Mayor. Now he just holds Portia's purse (metaphorically) and acts like a well-behaved lap dog, a far cry from his "ladies man" behavior when he arrived in PC. Isaiah has not once remarked about (let alone reacted to) Sidwell seemingly following him from Africa to PC and worming his way into the power structure. I also think they gave him the last name "Gannon," the name of a prominent AA family on [I]One Life to Live, [/I]with the intention of tying him to characters in that soap but it has yet to be explored. It's an old soap tradition to "reform" a villain or otherwise neutralize him/her by bringing in a bigger, badder villain to turn the villain into a victim. A good actor can use the opportunity to curry some sympathy from the audience and the show can (if done well) keep the villain on the show because he/she has been "humbled" sufficiently. I first saw this technique in action on [I]Dark Shadows[/I], when evil vampire Barnabas was turned into a sympathetic character when Angelique (the witch who cursed him) showed up and made him miserable in a thousand ways. She was seen as so much worse/evil than Barnabas---until Nicholas Blair, the demon who could destroy Angelique, showed up and victimized HER until she also began looking sympathetic in her own way. There was an extended period of time when it looked like Jack Brennan was on his way out (likely in a pine box). He had "seduced" Josslyn into the WSB and was responsible for the infamous "Pikeman Industries" that no one really understood. But just as Carly and Valentin joined forces to destroy Brennan, Cullum shows up like Nicholas Blair, the "evillest of the evils" who can burn it all down and have everyone killed off when he wishes. So Brennan might just end up like Angelique, the "bad guy but a victim too" in the story and stick around despite all he's done. [/QUOTE]
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