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ATA: Hollywood Sermonizing vs. Good Storytelling

The Political Orphanage

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The Critique of Politics and Science Fiction

"There's actually a really good future. I'll episode where Star Trek becomes a religion that's eventually exiled." "I am totally fine watching science fiction, including stuff that I don't agree with or from a different perspective," he says. The problem is when politics become the primary driver of the story and the plot and the characters become secondary considerations. 'It was like a whole slap fight in...the Hugo awards back in 2017'

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