Super underlooked DS9 character. Basically saved from being a one-off cause they needed an extra person form the episode that Jadzia's old hosts occupied her friends bodies for fun. Then she was kind of just around and working at the bar. Once her relationship with Rom got going she really comes into her own , they're adorable together. Among all the spies and terrorists in the show she's just a straight shooter and a genuinely nice person. Leeta has her shit together. Chase Masterson also advocated for worker ownership of the means of production in an interview.

  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    It was the 7th Rule Podcast which is super dope. Jake Sisco and friend go through each DS9 episode and reminisce as well as review the show and they get lots of cast and crew members as well as track down the freelancers who wrote the first draft of some scripts and stuff. She actually went off for a while about workers rights.

    Edit: Nana Visitor also retweets Will Ngyuen (The Star Trek Communist) dude goes out in a Starfleet uniform and hands out pamphlets. Wallace Shawn is a Marxist. Avery Brooks is definitely left of most. Alexander Siddig has better middle East takes than many being Sudanese. DS9 is generally super fucking based

    • Brak [they/them, e/em/eir]
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      3 years ago

      Just added this podcast to my rotation! Had no idea Wallace Shawn was in Trek, what a delight. Love how much deep DS9 / Trek lore you have.

      :rommunism:

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            Other fun Ferengi fact! When they were doing Ferengi heavy episodes the actors that played them or would usually be involved would all go to Armin Shimmerman's house and do rehearsals on their own time. There's an interview with him and the showrunner who was beside himself with gratitude saying "I couldn't ask you to do that, I wouldn't ask you to do that.". For the most part (Marc Alaimo is a lot closer to Dukat IRL than comfortable and creeped out Nana Visitor from what I can tell) the cast got along super well. Avery Brooks basically tool Cirroc Lofton who played Jake as his other son. He'd go to basketball games and stuff with Avery and his family and he'd just call them all his kids and I guess they're still super close. Avery thought it was important to play a single black father super well, which is beside the point of him being that awesome to Cirroc but it reminded me and I figured it was worth a mention.

              • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                3 years ago

                All the writers but one at the start of DS9 were Jewish as well and tried as hard as they could to not play into that.

            • GreenTeaRedFlag [any]
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              3 years ago

              I always love hearing about how close the cast of DS9 was. Best Trek to watch and for the actors too.

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Dude actually wrote essays about it! And a one man play! He's the real deal!

        https://friend-of-the-people.com/2020/12/03/inconceivably-socialist/

    • CoconutOctopus [it/its]
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      3 years ago

      Oh, they had her on to discuss Bar Association. That's brilliant.

      Edit: Oh God. It was co-hosted by Aaron Eisenberg (Nog) before he died. Heartbreaking.