It occurs to me to comment that the reason there is a close association between left wing politics and acting—besides the obvious connection of infantile sentimentality—is that LEFTISTS ARE ALWAYS ALREADY ACTORS.
Lenin was an actor, who pretended first he was s nationalist, then a moderate. Obama was an actor who pretended to care about black Americans and the undertrodden generally. He was an actor of the script reading variety. Little talent, less caring.
When it is always about power, and the rhetoric is nonetheless benign, they are lying, and an actor is someone who lies for a living. Perhaps we might term actors proto-politicians. The reasons Kevin Spacey took to his role in House of Cards seem obvious enough.
In his own way, I might add, he WAS Kaiser Soze. Life is filled with circles, and perhaps much acting leads back to basic truths.
What do you believe? Simple question. If the answer involves a posture, you are lying to someone.