I'm working on this thing right now. A story, chapter, vignette, TV pilot, whatever. Somehow this character in it has become a hapless fucking idiot and I don't think he realizes it. I think he actually believes he's a pretty smart guy, although he sees -- or perhaps because he sees some of his limitations in the "life experience" department. But either way, he's not too smart. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing. But he's kind of a racist. Not the exaggerated kind of violent political racist who burns crosses on a lawn or anything, but still a somewhat disturbing caricature of a guy who makes a little too much fun of someone else simply in light of his difference.
Of course, in revision, these issues will become irrelevant. So by the end of the weekend, he'll probably still be stupid, but quite a bit less un-PC, or at least only un-PC in ways that I am comfortable with. Nobody will ever read this first draft. I just felt like sharing.
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