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Z2.1 Protagonists: Ted Lasso Was Always Going to be a Loser

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Z2.1 Protagonists: Ted Lasso Was Always Going to be a Loser

Okay, let me re-phrase: Ted Lasso, the character, and his lineup of misfit boys, were destined to lose the final game in the series’ first season. Not because he was a bad coach, or they a pack of losers. Not because Ted was an American football coach who knew absolutely nothing about soccer, or because he was set up to fail from the beginning. Not even because having them lose in Season 1 gives the series somewhere to go in the next season (though this is far closer to the answer than any of those other things).

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2.1: Protagonists

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2.1: Protagonists

Here’s a question: What, exactly, is a PROTAGONIST?

Wing, that’s an easy one. “Protagonist” is just a word that means “main character”.

Okay, sure. I’m not going to split hairs with you here. “protagonist” means “main character”.

(Some argue otherwise, but it’s pretty telling, the only definitions for “main character” that are different from those given for “protagonist” come from people instructing on the difference; anyone simply defining terms—like a dictionary—uses them interchangeably.)