You have a couple of Oscar winners there, William Hurt and Mira Sorvino, and then Brendan Fraser, and Bob Balaban. So, you know, Joe, when you first meet him is idealistic politically, but you see that change when he’s put into the theater of conflict. They are principles that were formed around the dinner table having a discussion with my family, but they are not tested.įor the most part, I disapprove of vigilante justice, but the minute you hurt my kid, my position on vigilante justice is going to change immediately. I have a set of principles, but they are principles that were formed in the classroom. He doesn’t know how the program he has created has been subverted in its use by people above his pay grade.īut that’s the thing about Joe is that Joe’s like myself. When I say Joe’s a good guy, I mean his intentions are good. I think around episode four you find out a little about his background, about his politics, and about his family, which gives you a little more insight into it. I think pursuing a more moral and ethical stance makes you more of a patriot, but that’s a personal thing.ĭo we get into Joe’s backstory? Do we find out what brought him to the CIA? I don’t want to speak for America, but I’ll speak for my country. Some would argue the questioning of things that benefit the United States as a whole makes you not patriotic. I did a fair amount of studying of the CIA and what they’ve done since their involvement in China in the early part of the 20th century all the way up until now and a lot of it is morally and ethically questionable. I think he absolutely is a patriot, but he does question.
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Obviously, he’s the smartest guy in any room, but is he a patriot? What else do we know about him? Tell me a little about your version of Joe Turner. I think the more we can draw attention to some things like national security, etcetera, etcetera, the better. When people know the actual nature of how something is produced, people make educated choices. You see people starting to make conscientious decisions once they know the truth. I was going to ask about that because Cliff Robertson has that great speech at the end of the film where he talks about how Americans don’t question how our lifestyle is maintained they just want it.Įxactly. And also, like the original film, it encourages the citizenry to have a healthy, not distrust, but a healthy suspicion of some of the governmental bodies purporting to act in our interest.
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I think that’s a timeless thing and very much applies to the world we live in. In the case of Condor, you’re looking at national security, and you’re looking at what we are willing to look away from or what we are willing to numbingly accept in order to guarantee our own security. Also with cell phones, you’re signing off swaths of your civil rights, with foods you’re accepting aggressive pesticides, with gasoline you’re accepting that there are certain wars in the Middle East that guarantee that supply of fuel. However, what I particularly love about this script is it makes us question certain things, certain luxuries that we in Western, developed civilization take for granted.Ī couple of examples would be affordable gasoline for our cars, seasonal food year round, or cell phones. It’s a fast-paced, evolving political landscape we find ourselves in, and, I think, if we tried to keep abreast of it, it would just cause more headaches than advantage. We’re not operating in the same universe as Donald Trump. Having been modernized for 2018, is it reflecting what’s going on, politically in the world right now? Whereas on television you have ten hours to fill, so you have time to go into what motivates characters, what motivates decisions, and what motivates plot, and, I think, in the case of Condor that’s a real advantage.