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Shane Superville Shane Superville is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Canadian television series "The New Adventures of Shane Superville". He is known for his sarcastic, cynical and often humorous demeanor towards life and the people around him. The series takes viewers through a day in the life of Shane as he tries to find his way in the world.

Character Portrayal Shane Superville was based on the character Corey Weiland in the best-selling trilogy, "Tomorrow Please God", with minor adjustments to suit the time and setting of the latter story. However by both accounts the characters are described as young men in their late teens and early twenties as they try to make a living and find their success, against the backdrop of a dangerous neighbourhood and a dysfunctional family life. The series much like the novels also includes some level of risk or suspense, which is expected through Shane's job as a freelance reporter. Throughout the series Shane has often been compared to Tin Tin, the titular cartoon character from the french series of the same name, because of their hairstyle and similar knack for getting in dangerous situations by accident. Superville's family life is described as beeing "on the verge of shambles", his father an aging former construction worker has lost his sight due to diabetes and has yet to fully come to terms with his disability, while his mother, a cynical binge drinker shows him affection but can be a destructive force in his life from time to time. The youngest member of the family is Shane's younger brother Zion Karan, a mentally handicapped nine-year-old boy who constantly tests Shane's patience but seems to be the only relatable member of his family.

Fictional Character Biography Shane Superville was born on August 4 1993 at the Mt Hope Hospital Maternity Ward in Trinidad West Indies. In the pilot episode Shane describes his early life as similar to that of a regular child, despite an overriding sense of isolation and alienation by his peers and in some cases his family. Shane's mother, Phedra is of East Indian descent and does her best to remind him of his culture from time to time. She sometimes displays racist tendencies, which she defends by saying, "Everyone is a little prejudiced", which Shane has a hard time believing but is not altogether objective too. Shane's father Clive is a mixed Chinese and Native Guyanese man. He left Trinidad early in Shane's life to migrate to New York where he lives to this day. In the episode, "Honour thy Father", Shane reunites with Clive over Facebook, but grows disenchanted with his hedonistic lifestyle and demeanor, choosing to ignore him at every possible opportunity. At the end of the episode, Shane is heard telling his mother that Clive is good for one thing, which is "how not to be as a father or a man." Shane's mother Phedra was born the last of four children in El Dorado, a predominantly East Indian community where she was raised by her mother and abusive, alcoholic factory worker father who died of a stroke when she was 11. She describes her father as the major motivation for her poor taste in men, but also her desire to see her son rise above and beyond his circumstances. She was arrested once as a teenager for assaulting a female police officer, but was never sentenced since the officer did not show up in court to testify. Shane's adopted father is an Afro-Trinidadian man named Steve Christopher Superville, the son of Bernadine Superville, a homemaker and an unnamed father, presumably a sailor, Steve is the last of six children. He grew up in the 60s and was heavily influenced by reggae artistes like Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and blaxploitation characters of that era. At some point in his adult life Steve began a relationship with an unidentified woman and had a child with her named Stephon, who according to last reports lives with his mother in Miami, Florida. Despite not having completed Primary School, Steve is a self-described Pan Africanist, he shows great distate for racism, institutional or otherwise and claims to have been a loyal follower of black intellectuals like Makandaal Daaga (Geddes Granger) and Khafra Kambon, which at times exposes his own intolerance for other ethnic groups, particularly East Indians and Chinese. The irony of his adopted father's dislike for the ethnic groups from which he has descended resonates with Shane on the surface and the subconscious. The former in that his father does not like him and simply refuses to see him and the latter in the sense his father is unable to see him, in this way Shane was quoted as saying his father was "blind long before he lost his sight", as Steve's eyesight began deteriorating in 2014 and is now completely gone from diabetes. This can be interpreted to mean either one of two things: 1) His father believes Shane is his biological son 2) His father knows Shane is not his real son and simply goes along with the charade for his own well-being. Shane has expressed his belief for the latter theory believing his obvious difference in skin colour was too glaring for anyone not to notice. He also says, "He needed a son after his own left and I needed a father after mines left." Despite his own prejudices, Steve is a devout Roman Catholic and tries to incorporate as much of the Gospel into his own daily life.

Over the course of the series' twelve seasons, Shane is often portrayed as a manic-depressive, obsessive and self-conscious young man with few hobbies and points of interest. He is also shown to be a loyal friend and son to his family and other acquaintances.