{"id":33805,"date":"2013-05-15T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T15:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/15\/rooting-for-kirk.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T22:12:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T04:12:30","slug":"rooting-for-kirk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/15\/rooting-for-kirk.html","title":{"rendered":"Rooting for Kirk"},"content":{"rendered":"
Having recently rewatched ST:TOS with my daughter, Kirk is certainly a bundle of paradoxes (not helped by writing styles and irregularity during the course of that late '60s series). \u00a0He's the hero — because he's presented at the hero. But I don't think he would be someone I would chum around with.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Curt Thompson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

This is a hell of an article that doesn't quite reach the final message the author was going for.<\/p>\n

Why should we root for Kirk? Well … actually, we shouldn't. He's just the protagonist we have, rather than the one we'd like. And I never made the connection before but I'll never be able to see Kirk again without thinking of him as one of those sad middleaged ex-frat guys who never gets past the dudebro stage.<\/p>\n

Ouch.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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How to Root For Captain Kirk | Tor.com<\/a>
\n He’s pushy, a bad manager, and our hero. How to root For Captain Kirk\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having recently rewatched ST:TOS with my daughter, Kirk is certainly a bundle of paradoxes (not helped by writing styles and irregularity during the course of that late '60s series). \u00a0He's the hero — because he's presented at the hero. But I don't think he would be someone I would chum around with. 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