A Good Con Man

A Good Con Man
By Yewhan Choi

             The movie Catch Me If You Can, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio, was a great sensation. The movie is about a very intelligent con man becoming an FBI agent after getting through various personal hardships. DiCaprio plays the con man in the movie, showing people how intelligent, handsome, humane and loyal a con man can be. This great projection of the con man created by DiCaprio made people have fantasies about the ideal of the ‘good con man’: a crook who is intelligent and attractive but most importantly a good natured man. This great demand for the‘good con man’as finally satisfied by the ‘White Collar drama series provided by ‘USA network’.

             If Catch Me If You Canfocuses ona con man becoming part of the FBI, White Collar focuses on things that would happen after he becomes part of the Bureau, centering the action on an excon man and FBI agent solving fraud cases together. White Collar features mainly two main characters, Neal Caffrey who is the ‘good con man’ and agent Peter Burke who is the FBI agent in charge of him. There are also many supporting characters such as Mossi, the ex-con partner of Neal who helps his best friend when in trouble, and Mrs.Burke, the wise wife of Peter Burke. All of these characters take part in the story, which makes them all important.

White Collar has its own unique style of story development. Every season, there is a main event that mostly threatens Neal or Neal’s relatives, and the event develops episode by episodeas Neal and Burke solve white collar crimes.This typical style makes people await each newepisodes. Yet it isnot only the typical story development that attracts people, but also two other reasons that attract people to watch White Collar.

             The first reason is that White Collar has different kinds of cases. Even though it is easy to find TV series handling murder or sexual violence cases, it is difficult to see ones which handle fraud cases. The White Collarhandles real white collar cases such as art fraud, currency forgery, robberies, and so on. These rare kinds of cases allow White Collar to have different approach while solving cases. Most times, theyfeatureNeal cheating the con menas Peter and Neal go undercover. These fresh new cases and approaches attract people to fall in love with White Collar.

             The other reason is that White Collar has fascinating characters and great shooting spots. Peter is a man who is devoted and in great love with Mrs.Burke. He is a man with persistence and also a man who can’t be bribed because of his faith in justice and right. Even though his firm faith makes him hot tempered when things doesn’t go in his way, he soon gains his consciousness back and solves cases. Neal is a character who is very intelligent. He is a master in arts, and forgery. Also he is a quick thinker and has smile that can tempt any women in this world. Unlike other impostershe is a good natured man, who never uses guns and doesn’t like hurting others. The shooting and the story of White Collar takes part in New York City, a city which represents modern life and longed by everyone. White Collar successfully projects Neal and Peters’ fancy modern life which allow people to have their own fantasy as a New Yorker.

             So people, if you want to take a look at fresh, extraordinary but not-violent cases or want to see hot, attractive males using their brains to catch fraud criminals, watch the White Collarseries. You guys will not regret your choice.