He was upset by the blatant Irish stereotypes, but backed down since he didn’t exactly have a lot of clout at the time. For DS9’s “If Wished Were Horses” he spoke out about having a leprechaun character which then changed to Rumpelstiltskin.
For DS9’s “If Wished Were Horses” he spoke out about having a leprechaun character which then changed to Rumpelstiltskin.
the character felt completely different /s
Giant bomb did a good analysis on this before. It’s about italians and not irish, but the irish get a shoutout. Could have been better with Danny O’Dwyer, but then, that applies to most things.
I wonder how Colm felt about that episode. It was pretty racist.
Damn near quit the show.
did he really?!?
He was upset by the blatant Irish stereotypes, but backed down since he didn’t exactly have a lot of clout at the time. For DS9’s “If Wished Were Horses” he spoke out about having a leprechaun character which then changed to Rumpelstiltskin.
Wow, I’d never heard that before. Good for him for standing up! Must be his Sean Aloysius O’Brien blood!
He was a union man.
the character felt completely different /s
Giant bomb did a good analysis on this before. It’s about italians and not irish, but the irish get a shoutout. Could have been better with Danny O’Dwyer, but then, that applies to most things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6P_TfP8ny0
bonus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpEDvFJavUk