I think it's still James Spader, both visually and in general tone.
( Courtroom manner, anyone? )
But yeah....that legalistic, case-presenting, logic-employing, rarely-very-'emotional' (though encompassing "passionate," "mischievous" and "pissed") way of going about things in the way of disagreement.....if you have watched Boston Legal, I think you'll see where that resemblances lies. And it's a bit of a disconcerting thing too, when I think about it, that I could argue opposite to myself with equal facility, even though not truly believing it -- just that amount of circumspection and rhetoric to make for insinuation and propaganda the likes of which I despise. I could.....but I prefer not to.
Unless it's for the sake of satire...or perhaps sneaking in under the radar of extremely religious-conservative people who want to believe I'm on their side and/or always was.
I could say more about that last....but not right now. Right now I had better be getting my insufferable smartass into bed already.
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