My only point here was that the persona he presented as a rapper was not the persona he presented at other points in his life, and in that sense was a much a character as "Borat" is for Sasha Baron Cohen. The sources I've read suggest the quiet, well-read Tupac was more likely to have been the "real" Tupac, and with that in mind I used "breaking character" to mean reverting to that persona in contexts where the gangasta would have been expected.
We can use characterization tropes to describe real people because the tropes, ultimately, are based on observations of real people, extracted and abstracted for the use of crafting fictional ones. It's an ouroboros, and there is no shame or disrespect in using tropes so. Real people do affect different personas for different contexts, and sometimes slip.
We can use characterization tropes to describe real people because the tropes, ultimately, are based on observations of real people, extracted and abstracted for the use of crafting fictional ones. It's an ouroboros, and there is no shame or disrespect in using tropes so. Real people do affect different personas for different contexts, and sometimes slip.
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....