Compare And Contrast Coley And Cole
What did you like about this script?
Though prompted to be complete opposites of each other, Rooney and Cole end up having more in common with each other than at first glance. Cole character is more laid back, low-key and presents a more personable persona than his older cousin. However, the two share the same cunning drive and commanding demeanor.
Moreover, with Rooney’s character, the writer seems to project Cole’s future with his wife, child, and business. Rooney’s business partner, Steve, could be one of Cole’s close friends in at work down the line and if Cole decides to pursue the flirtation developed with Danielle than he could find himself blackmailed and in the middle of a custody battle and divorce.
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aspects about this pilot was the fact that only two characters seemed desperate to get out of the corrupted and crooked pool they were drowning in—Christiana and Leo. The creatively creates an almost parallel between these two characters on opposite sides of the law by linking their desires to their families and the future.
Even with Christiana tied down by her job and the implication of Cole’s rise to power, the writer makes it clear that her character is tough enough to find her own balance among the shift.
Likewise, Leo is aware that Rooney and his connections would be after him immediately but knew enough to have a way out of town via people he alone could trust.
What do you think needs work?
Most of the characters do not seem to emit any kind of general emotions in this pilot that makes them connectable to the reader/audience. Not all characters have to be likable, but the writer seems to emulate that all the characters are only self-involved and at key moments in the script, detached from the ongoing narrative. Two prime examples of this were the scenes between Cole and Danielle around page 42 and between Mateo and Steve’s characters on page 50.
Almost immediately, Danielle and Cole have a flirtatious chemistry between them, which seemed natural under the circumstances leading up to the drive by. However, their interaction post-shooting seems as though Danielle’s character, a schoolteacher, was completely unfazed by the event. For all intensive purposes, it does not read like a natural reaction for the persona the writer has written for
her.
Her ease and ability to fall back into the reality of the situation as if Cole and his co-workers were not loading a wounded Gus into the backseat felt unnatural. For his wife, Christiana, who is a cop and use to the atmosphere of this particular situation, it would have seemed a better fit for this interaction.
What’s more, with Mateo’s character learning that Rooney was going after his brother on page 50 it was perplexing to read the lack of reaction from Mateo. If Mateo has a greater allegiance to the shop and Rooney than to his brother then why have Leo reach out to him in the first place? The way Leo speaks to Mateo suggests that the two are close, but Mateo’s reactions or lack thereof, propose a conflicting information.
Though prompted to be complete opposites of each other, Rooney and Cole end up having more in common with each other than at first glance. Cole character is more laid back, low-key and presents a more personable persona than his older cousin. However, the two share the same cunning drive and commanding demeanor.
Moreover, with Rooney’s character, the writer seems to project Cole’s future with his wife, child, and business. Rooney’s business partner, Steve, could be one of Cole’s close friends in at work down the line and if Cole decides to pursue the flirtation developed with Danielle than he could find himself blackmailed and in the middle of a custody battle and divorce.
One of the other interesting …show more content…
aspects about this pilot was the fact that only two characters seemed desperate to get out of the corrupted and crooked pool they were drowning in—Christiana and Leo. The creatively creates an almost parallel between these two characters on opposite sides of the law by linking their desires to their families and the future.
Even with Christiana tied down by her job and the implication of Cole’s rise to power, the writer makes it clear that her character is tough enough to find her own balance among the shift.
Likewise, Leo is aware that Rooney and his connections would be after him immediately but knew enough to have a way out of town via people he alone could trust.
What do you think needs work?
Most of the characters do not seem to emit any kind of general emotions in this pilot that makes them connectable to the reader/audience. Not all characters have to be likable, but the writer seems to emulate that all the characters are only self-involved and at key moments in the script, detached from the ongoing narrative. Two prime examples of this were the scenes between Cole and Danielle around page 42 and between Mateo and Steve’s characters on page 50.
Almost immediately, Danielle and Cole have a flirtatious chemistry between them, which seemed natural under the circumstances leading up to the drive by. However, their interaction post-shooting seems as though Danielle’s character, a schoolteacher, was completely unfazed by the event. For all intensive purposes, it does not read like a natural reaction for the persona the writer has written for
her.
Her ease and ability to fall back into the reality of the situation as if Cole and his co-workers were not loading a wounded Gus into the backseat felt unnatural. For his wife, Christiana, who is a cop and use to the atmosphere of this particular situation, it would have seemed a better fit for this interaction.
What’s more, with Mateo’s character learning that Rooney was going after his brother on page 50 it was perplexing to read the lack of reaction from Mateo. If Mateo has a greater allegiance to the shop and Rooney than to his brother then why have Leo reach out to him in the first place? The way Leo speaks to Mateo suggests that the two are close, but Mateo’s reactions or lack thereof, propose a conflicting information.