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Archae

(46,333 posts) Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:10 PM Apr 2013

Remember the show "Alien Nation" on TV?

The actor Gary Graham:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0334048/?ref_=tt_ov_st

Who not only was in that show, he played a couple Star Trek roles, is a full-on birther and far-right jackass.

https://www.facebook.com/garygraham7?ref=ts

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Remember the show "Alien Nation" on TV? (Original Post) Archae Apr 2013 OP

Yeah I kind of guessed that. Rex Apr 2013 #1

Go count your spots... ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2013 #2

I liked that show OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #3

Sounds like he got into the curdled milk cthulu2016 Apr 2013 #4

Actors are often not the characters they play. Cleita Apr 2013 #5

"District 9" without the elaborate special effects and really twisted humor leveymg Apr 2013 #6

"Hollywood Knights" Gary Graham? HughBeaumont Apr 2013 #7

Rex

(65,616 posts)

1. Yeah I kind of guessed that.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:12 PM

Apr 2013

Not the Birther part, but the right wing jackass part.

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

2. Go count your spots...

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:31 PM

Apr 2013

Sorry to see that he went off the deep end...the show had some great themes and more potential

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

3. I liked that show

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:41 PM

Apr 2013

good thing I didn't know this about him then. I probably would have let it affect my enjoyment of the show.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)

4. Sounds like he got into the curdled milk

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:43 PM

Apr 2013

Cleita

(75,480 posts)

5. Actors are often not the characters they play.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:44 PM

Apr 2013

I've known some real jackasses who were very popular among their fans. I have known some really nice ones who often played bad guys in the movies and whose fan base often hated them. Some very romantic ones with the ladies (Rock Hudson isn't the only one) were quite gay. It's like any workplace. You get people with all kinds of ideologies and personalities that often have nothing to do with the roles they play.

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

6. "District 9" without the elaborate special effects and really twisted humor

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:49 PM

Apr 2013

District 9, I think is one of the best recent SF films, and a damn good critique of post-apartheid South African society. This RW actor I know nothing about.

HughBeaumont

(24,461 posts)

7. "Hollywood Knights" Gary Graham?

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:52 PM

Apr 2013

What a disappointment. That's one of my favorite cult movies.

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