Recently, the actor Kurt Russell spoke out about his fellow actors and creative artists who are stridently vocal about their political views. The veteran actor spoke about the craft of acting and how political grandstanding of creative artists diminishes what they create. It comes down to, in this case, the actor’s role in society, and in the world of the arts and of cultivating our understanding of the human condition in an authentic way. He makes a good point about the effect of an actor’s words off the soundstage, where in interviews and public comments, entertainment artists make statements that interfere with their craft. Kurt Russell portrays characters, characters from various political and social backgrounds. All actors should have such freedom. That is part of what attracted me to writing. I could explore characters very different from my own basic identity and portray them in a believable way. Kurt Russell would be getting in the way of the success of hi
