Every generation has its bad boy pinup. The poster child for affliction and misunderstood angst, the one that makes youngsters swoon and wait for the next bumbling attempt at character insight and depth.

Truth is, most of these characters (as they tend to be seen in television or film) are just pretty faced void of the depth. The titles of "a modern-day James Dean" are made and the little girls swoon and look for broken boys of their own to try unsuccessfully to fix. Only the real life broken boys lack the advantage of Hollywood writers scripting their lines.

It's happened time and time again, having reached the point of blatant cliche.

I could blame Jordan Catalano - er, Jared Leto - for so much. So, so much.

And lo and behold, he will be in my fair city of residence tonight. And I will be infinitely amused to be there as well.