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upvoteby wahnfrieden13 hours ago|
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Better comparison there is a line cook dying and praising how they executed some of the head chef’s recipes
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upvoteby wat1000013 hours ago|
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A bunch of different writers contribute to the character’s performance, but only one actor.

A bunch of different sous chefs contribute to the food, but only one head chef.

Nope, not adding up.

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upvoteby watwut13 hours ago|
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Except it is not? They are not praising his acting skills. They are praising words and values of fictional character he played.

That is like praising chef for restaurant decor.

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upvoteby wat1000012 hours ago|
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“Honorable, wise, but humble, diplomatic, reasonable, with high morals, and fortitude under pressure.”

Acting has a lot to do with those attributes. Imagine Gilbert Gottfried playing the role and tell me you’d still describe the character that way.

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upvoteby watwut3 hours ago|
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Those things are not him. Just like the actor who played Walter White is not that egocentric asshole he plays so well. I dont know "Gilbert Gottfried". Some actors play one role over and over, others are versatile. But role is NOT them.

All, literally all those things you mentioned are the script.

Like seriously, people have serious problem diatinguishing reality from fiction. It is made up! A show build to have simplified almost caricature like characters and plot, so that you can project own fantasies on it.

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upvoteby wahnfrieden11 hours ago|
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Those things are in the script and it’s his job to express them. I think most people don’t have the media literacy to express what the appreciate about a performance beyond what was already on the page and what what came from direction.

Gottfried doesn't have the range to express those, of course. You undersell Stewart's work if you express it in terms of what some others can't do - that makes him sound interchangeable with those who can express the scripted character.

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upvoteby wat100007 hours ago|
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I’m not trying to sell Stewart’s work in terms of what some others can’t do. I’m trying to convince someone that the actor matters at all. There’s no point in discussing the specifics to someone who thinks it’s like praising a chef for the restaurant’s decor.
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