# Great Dramas w/ Homeless Protagonist? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [April 8, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621 "2021-04-08T20:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621/61 "2022-01-17T01:09:57Z")
In _Frances Ha_, the main character has to continually find places to sleep on someone’s couch: > **[Frances Ha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Ha)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Frances Ha is a 2012 American black and white comedy-drama film, directed by Noah Baumbach and written by Baumbach and Greta Gerwig. Gerwig also plays the title role, a struggling 27-year-old dancer. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2012, and began a limited release on May 17, 2013. It was released by IFC Films. > Frances Halladay is a 27-year-old dancer who lives in New York City with her best friend from college... ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621/62 "2022-01-17T01:45:49Z")
**Jack Reacher** in the books and movies is a homeless drifter. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621/63 "2022-01-17T01:56:23Z")
Jack also gets a decent military pension. There is a difference between people who are homeless because they don’t have any money and people who are homeless because they like to move around. And doesn’t he usually get a hotel room when he gets off the bus? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621/64 "2022-01-17T04:33:04Z")
[The Maxx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maxx) ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621/65 "2022-01-17T07:53:03Z")
Excellent comic with too short of a run. TV series wasn’t bad either. I think it was Keith’s best art ever. My [favorite panel](https://razzberrypipedreams.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/maxx01.jpg) and probably the best line in the series. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621/66 "2022-01-17T15:59:43Z")
Good movie. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2022, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621/67 "2022-01-17T16:59:44Z")
Arguably, any drama about Jesus would count. > [@Matthew 8:19-20](#): > > And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. > And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. > **[The Chosen (TV Series 2017– ) ⭐ 9.2 | Drama, History](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9471404/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1)** > > 54m | TV-PG [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-dramas-w-homeless-protagonist/939621.md?page=3)