"Twelve Angry Men" and "Alive"

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"Leadership is an issue in the films Twelve Angry Men (1957) and Alive (1993). In each case, there is a small group with a specific leader. In the jury room, a foreman is selected as leader, though over the course of the story

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"Leadership is an issue in the films Twelve Angry Men (1957) and Alive (1993). In each case, there is a small group with a specific leader. In the jury room, a foreman is selected as leader, though over the course of the story it is evident that this leader is not strong enough to guide the group. Various others vie for the leadership role, but the one who becomes the leader is one who embodies certain qualities of persuasion along with compassion and an inner strength. In the case of Alive, the group sets out with a traditional leader, the leader of the soccer team, and at first they accept him in that role once their plane has crashed. Later, though, as their situation becomes more desperate, they seek a different sort of leader, one less predictable, less controlled, and more appealing in an impossible situation."

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