Assignment 22 Ian Harrison

Great prompt, there are so many fictional characters that I would love to be. There are many characters I admire, but definitely would not want to be (i.e. Oliver Queen or Terrence Fletcher). There are many who are great, powerful, and interesting but who are, in fact, terrible people (i.e. Lou Bloom or Philip Lewis Friedman). There are those who are great people but lead tragic lives (i.e. Sandra (Two Days, One Night) or Solomon Northup). I know what you're thinking and, believe it or not, I actually have seen movies and TV shows that pre-date 2012, but I digress. If I had to choose one character's head to live in, it would likely be that of Larry "Doc" Sportello of Thomas Pynchon's novel Inherent Vice and Paul Thomas Anderson's film of the same name. He's a relaxed hippy stoner who gets the pleasure/pain of witnessing the end of an era. He's a PI who gets to work with colorful underbelly of 1970's Southern California. I also wouldn't mind looking like Joaquin Phoenix with mutton chops.