FYI Patrick Stewart didn't write any of his lines. Per his own admission he was never allowed into a writers room until 2019. Actors are hired because they are masters at two skills: repeating scripts from memory and conveying the emotions that sell a narrative.
It's foolish to think that people who made a career of those two skills are not still doing exactly that when it comes to politics. The only difference is the writers room is a political think tank and the set is a CNN panel.
Yes, that's what I was trying to get at. The TNG writers were very good. I give Sir Patrick a lot of credit for delivering that writing the way that he did. He brought it to life as though he genuinely believed in all of those principles.
That's why it's so disheartening to see him piss all of that away by now saying the exact opposite of everything the written character he played stood for. It's truly a shame.
FYI Patrick Stewart didn't write any of his lines. Per his own admission he was never allowed into a writers room until 2019. Actors are hired because they are masters at two skills: repeating scripts from memory and conveying the emotions that sell a narrative.
It's foolish to think that people who made a career of those two skills are not still doing exactly that when it comes to politics. The only difference is the writers room is a political think tank and the set is a CNN panel.
Yes, that's what I was trying to get at. The TNG writers were very good. I give Sir Patrick a lot of credit for delivering that writing the way that he did. He brought it to life as though he genuinely believed in all of those principles.
That's why it's so disheartening to see him piss all of that away by now saying the exact opposite of everything the written character he played stood for. It's truly a shame.