... in most comedies it normally ends in a marriage, the end result is happiness. A Protagonist is the main character of the play, the leading man or woman such as Bruce Willis in Die Hard, or Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, a protagonist always "saves the day". Yosser is the opposite. Bleasdale's reasons for making Yosser an anti-hero was to educate people into understanding what it could be like to be unemployed, someone you may be able to connect with, the experience of understanding what it would be like if we found ourselves in that position. Yosser takes his children to the pub. The Landlord of the pub says to Yosser " Sorry Yosser - No children in here". Yosser once again just stares blankly. The Landlord feels intimidated and lets them stay. Yosser sits next to Grame Souness and says "You look like me" Graeme looks at Yosser and replies ...

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