"...for me as an actor, I don't look for heroes. I don't look for somebody who is inspiring. I don't look for some sort of iconic person. I look for somebody who is human and who is real."
In the Monday-morning quarterbacking that followed the "Game of Thrones" finale, a frequent criticism has been that the seventh season moved too fast as it sped toward revealing Jon Snow's lineage and paving the way for the conclusive battles to come.
Notable performances and powerful calls for unity and equality were the through line at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, which were hosted by singer Katy Perry.
The late "Get Smart" producer Leonard Stern famously compiled "A Martian Wouldn't Say That," a book of actual notes from network executives to TV writers. The title came from a request to change a line in the series "My Favorite Martian," but it has come to mind of late reading some of the nitpicking about "Game of Thrones."
