21.   Valdez said he was particularly distressed to see Latino characters completely absent from futuristic films released recently by Sly Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

22.   What drives the show, he adds, is that viewers see characters with resonance to their own lives.

23.   When they watch their favorite shows, they expect to see characters who look like them.

24.   Where others saw cardboard characters of the urban morality play, Kempton saw complex figures and the frailties behind sometimes fearsome reputations.

25.   You have no doubt seen characters like this on television before.

26.   TV stars, more than supermodels or even film stars, can influence everyday apparel purchases because viewers see these characters as more accessible, he notes.

27.   Ujang said Kartini fans would be delighted to see the characters - Kartini, Yon, Alim and Akai - come to live.