John Monad

John Monad is a mysterious, wealthy young man who comes to Imperial Beach to take surfing lessons from http://jfc.wikia.com/Butchie_Yost . He has a habit of repeating other people's words back at them, and seems to be mentally challenged. However, he seems to have a genius for surfing, and his presence in the Yost's lives begins to have a strange impact.
==HBO Character Description==
==Who is John?==
John's performer, Austin Nichols, says, "I could be an angel or a Greek chorus. The mystery of John has yet to be unfurled, but it will be very exciting." "John hits the beach: HBO show premieres on faux coastline", Anthony D'Allesandro, Variety. June 4, 2007.
"John could be anybody at this point," says executive producer Mark Tinker. "One of the things that John brings to the show is love, and a forgiveness for anyone and anything that opens people's hearts." The Making of John From Cincinnati, HBO featurette. First aired June 6, 2007.
Co-creator David Milch says, "I don't think he changes their lives, so much as reorients their understanding of the life that they've been living." The Making of John From Cincinnati, HBO featurette. First aired June 6, 2007.
And in a NY Post interview, Milch said this about John, "He was a variable creature of enormous energy and power, and very little understanding. And that, to me, is kind of what the world is like."
"John's Wane: HBO Passes on Second Season of Surf Show", Adam Buckman, NY Post. Aug 15, 2007.
Nichols reiterated the religious connection in an interview with LAist.com: "I just heard David Milch say, the show is like what would happen if God wanted to talk to us with relative urgency." "LAist Interview: Austin Nichols", Tim Hammer, LAist.com. June 7, 2007.
==John's name==
In philosophy, a "monad" is a symbol for a single, indivisible element, the essence of "oneness". "Monism" is the metaphysical and theological view that all is one, that there are no fundamental divisions, and a unified set of laws underlie nature.
An article in The Los Angeles Times reported that this view underlies David Milch and Kem Nunn's philosophy of the series:
==Vocabulary==
John's vocabulary seems to be purely based on repeating phrases he has heard, however some phrases seem to come to him endogenously. He is apparently able to hear and repeat phrases that are far out of normal earshot.
While his parroting of phrases usually obeys proper grammar and conjugation, he sometimes will repeat entire phrases in an incorrect context.
==See also==
*Who is John?
==References==
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