03-02-2018, 01:57 AM
I was thinking about what G-man said about BP being a “passive hero” etc., and I think this may have been because he had a very competent team, which is ususual in action movies. Usually, the hero is the lone competent person, or if he (and it is nearly always a “he”) has a support crew, they are comedy relief of they become unavailable to the hero (taken prisoner, killed, left behind...) suitable only for deus machina.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.