{"id":5618,"date":"2013-02-26T11:22:51","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T11:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=5618"},"modified":"2021-07-30T22:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T22:04:16","slug":"the-power-of-conscience-at-the-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/the-power-of-conscience-at-the-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"Power of Conscience at the Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"

There were several compelling Power of Conscience<\/a> character who figured prominently in the 2013 crop of Oscar films. Power of Conscience<\/a> characters typically wrestle with a specific set of key issues in a story. These include:<\/p>\n

How much bad am I willing to do in the cause of good?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bigelow explains in an interview<\/a>, \u201cI think what\u2019s so interesting and so poignant for Jessica, myself, for all of us, is this idea that this woman (Maya) has spent the last ten years exclusively in the pursuit of one man and yes, at the end of the day, she triumphed, but it\u2019s not a victory because finally, at the end of the day, you\u2019re left with much larger questions like, where does she go from here? Where do we go from here? Now what?\u201d Chastain adds, \u201cI find that to end the film on that question is far more interesting than providing an answer.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Can I find the flexibility, the forgiveness, or the mercy to make reasonable compromises?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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At the time Stevens said: “Believing then, that this is the best proposition that can be made effectual, I accept it. I shall not be driven by clamor or denunciation to throw away a great good because it is not perfect. I will take all I can get in the cause of\u00a0humanity and leave it to be perfected by better men in better times.”<\/p>\n

Steven’s leap of faith was being flexible enough to allow an imperfect bill to pass because that served the greater good.<\/p>\n

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What is the higher duty?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Power of Conscience<\/a> character universally wrestle with the question of what their inherent morality and sense of duty asks of them. \u00a0These\u00a0\u00a0characters fear not living up to their own internal standards or sense of propriety and decency.\u00a0 They are afraid of being or becoming unworthy and must continually prove their own \u201cgoodness\u201d \u00a0or “righteousness”. These characters don\u2019t fear failure in the eyes of the world; they fear not living up to their own (often impossibly high) moral or ethical standards.<\/p>\n

As I said before: What is just is not always legal or proper. And what is legal or proper is not always just. \u00a0What is more important? \u00a0Is the spirit of the law or the letter of the law more important? \u00a0When is it right to be pragmatic and flexible rather than unbending and unyielding in your standards? When is being flexible and pragmatic being lax and immoral? Power of Conscience<\/a> characters provide a fascinating glimpse into one set of humanity’s great dilemmas.<\/p>\n

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