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ATA: Hollywood Sermonizing vs. Good Storytelling

The Political Orphanage

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The Negatives of Politics and Science Fiction

The writer just can't hold back from putting their political spin on it. They just they're so angry at Richard Nixon that they have to have this moment where somebody has a speech. And I'll give you a great example of this that had long term negative effects for an entire franchise in episode three of Star Wars during the fight on Oh, I'm forgetting the name of it. Anakin and Obi-Wan are dueling with lightsabers. And Anakin says, you're either with me or against me. And Obi-Wan Kenobi responds only as Sith thinks and absolutes. None of this makes any sense,. It doesn't make any sense at all because the the Jedi

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