Too bad the 'lame-stream' media haven't discovered the feet of clay. m/rA News Media of Trekkies
John Daly May 1, 2013
The first celebrity I ever met was actor William Shatner.
It was back in the 1980s. I was probably twelve or thirteen at the time. Shatner was making an appearance at a car show in Denver that I went to with my family. I stood in a long line for nearly two hours to get a chance to talk to the pop culture icon who boldly went where no man had gone before aboard the starship Enterprise, and fearlessly clung to countless hoods of moving cars on TJ Hooker.
I spent most of my time in line trying to figure out what I was going to say to him. I didn’t want to blow the opportunity, after all. At that impressionable age, there are few people more important in the world than celebrities. And Shatner wasn’t just any celebrity. He was a bonafide action hero! So, I felt it was imperative for him to like me. At the very least, I was determined not say anything weird that would make himnot like me.
I decided that I would first ask him for his autograph (a no-brainer), and while he was giving it to me, I would then ask him something about one of the Star Trek films. I don’t recall exactly what my planned question was, but it was something easy – something I probably already knew the answer to. Again, I just wanted the meeting to be a positive experience.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t. ...
... What struck me more than anything else, however, was that none of the people who walked up to meet him seemed to notice this. They were absolutely ecstatic just to be in the man’s presence, and were gushing over him and singing his praises. These people, for the most part, were Trekkies – the super-fans who didn’t just like Star Trek, but lived Star Trek. To them, Shatner didn’t merely portray Captain Kirk. He was Captain Kirk. And I think that’s why it was easy for Shatner not to respect them.
This relationship was later parodied hilariously by Shatner himself in one of Saturday Night Live’s all-time greatest skits, but I also see it on display quite often in the current day. It’s the same relationship that the news media has with President Obama.
When it comes to this president, the news media are Trekkies. ...
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