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NEWS
Fictional Characters Angered By Writer Stereotypes
SHANGRI-LA -- A group of make-believe characters meeting here at this imaginary resort for the annual Fairness and Accuracy in Fiction conference are demanding that writers show them in a less stereotypical and simplistic light.
For too long, the characters claim, audiences have only heard about them from the writerâs standpoint. Now they say it is time for the public at large to hear directly from them.
"Youâd think Iâm all about treachery and deceit from the way Dickens wrote about me," remarked Uriah Heap, who played the epitome of all things evil in "David Copperfield" and now works as a telecom analyst for a major American investment bank.
"People would get the impression that I am some sex-crazed guy always out on the prowl. Thereâs more to me than just sex," said Don Juan. "Hey, check out that Becky Sharp from âVanity Fair.â"
"I do see silly that I cannot straight sentence speak," said Yoda, the Jedi Master from Star Wars fame, when asked about his portrayal as a semantically challenged entity from another world.
Meanwhile, some participants wondered what they were doing at the conference.
"How did I get here? Iâm not a fictional character and these things on my chest are real," said Anna Nicole Smith.
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