Beck: There’s several. Not necessarily characters. I’d be interested in knowing who you think I’m most like.
Krakauer: I think there were moments in speeches from Noah from Danny.
MacNicol: Arthur.
Beck: Arthur! You thought Arthur? He’s a bad guy!
MacNicol: No, not so much what he says but what you argue against on your show.
Beck: So I’m not Arthur, I’m the anti-Arthur. Arthur was the most fun to write because I channeled Wilson and Lippmann and a little George Bernard Shaw. That was the most fun to write because I knew that a mass audience would meet the face of evil in a lot of these early 20th century progressives. I had to wade through their work for the last two years. I had the most fun writing him. I don’t think anybody has guessed the character I identify the most with.
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