'Manifest' creator Jeff Rake explains why the show chooses to tell a story without a defined protagonist
NBC's 'Manifest' brought to us an interesting tale about a missing plane which reappears after five and a half years, but soon it is revealed none of the passengers had aged a day. With a complex storyline like this, creator Jeff Rake chose not to tell the story from the viewpoint of a particular protagonist but to include several voices, all of who, seem to be heading towards a new destination.
This certainly isn't the first time the story is being told from the perspective of multiple characters, but it seems that on today's TV it is almost a trend to tell the story with the voices of several characters. After creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman gave us the very popular six lead characters on their NBC show, 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S', recently a wave has occurred on television, where multiple lead characters are taking the center stage.
