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Stephen Pollard

ByStephen Pollard, Stephen Pollard

Opinion

Shatner's kidney

May 19, 2008 24:00
2 min read

Snide remarks about William Shatner in a review of his autobiography hardly seem the most important issue of our time. But I want to explain why it matters, and why unless Captain Kirk's books are given fair treatment, the battle to save western civilisation will be lost.

Yes, William Shatner he has always come across as - to be polite - somewhat eccentric and as an actor he has never really challenged Lord Olivier's legacy. But he is, to use an over used word, a legend. As Captain Kirk, he was the lead in possibly the most memorable TV series ever, and is certainly one of the great cultural icons of our time. We are surely entitled to a review of his book which is not wilfully slanted and which is based on accuracy rather than distortion.

So one would have hoped for something more insightful and less determined to put the boot in than this hatchet job from Tom Shone in the Sunday Times. Take this example: