Interesting extract from a longer /Film interview with in-demand director Roxann Dawson.

I appreciate how she speaks with respect for the shows of the new era.

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[–] 103 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Oh hell. So I'm a little bit tipsy, but I just saw the words "Roxanne Dawson (B'Elanna) passed" and got damn scared for a second

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)
  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I had the same panic. That's not even the title of the article ('Voyager's Roxann Dawson Had A Chance To Direct Star Trek But Dropped It For Another Show') so, unless the website changed it, you have to wonder what OP was doing writing it that way.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    OP isn’t American. It’s not a universal euphemism.

    Even having lived in the US at one point it’s not an automatic connection.

    Canadians (at least in my experience) use the expression ‘passed away’ if at all to avoid saying ‘died.’

    But also being Canadian, I’ve given my regrets elsewhere on this thread. And I’m sorry for the unintended shock to any and all who don’t share my dialect.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    No worries. You regularly comment and post on a variety of topics, always with a steady and non-antagonistic viewpoint. This situation is very, "it's not you, it's me." I have relatives from the southern U.S., and they shorten "passed away" to just "passed." It's just what I'm used to hearing.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’ve lived everywhere but Atlantic Canada actually. I also work with colleagues from coast to coast.

    One hears it, (as in, ‘she moved into town once her husband had passed on’) but it’s not the kind of automatic euphemism that would make it the first interpretation. ‘She passed on that opportunity’ is really common.

    When someone dies, we usually just say that.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    The little blurb shown on this post is wrong:

    Roxann Dawson was an actor on Star Trek: Voyager before she became a TV director, although she's never actually directed a Star Trek episode.

    She directed about 10% of all Enterprise episodes.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    "With directing efforts on shows like "Voyager," "Enterprise," "Lost," "The Americans," and many more under her belt, she was most recently put in charge of two pivotal episodes of "Foundation" season 2, the Apple TV+ sci-fi series based on Isaac Asimov's novels."

    I think they fixed the line and added the correct info now. That quote was from the article. Since the title says "new trek" I'm guessing they meant discovery/SNW/Picard as the trek the picked Foundation over to direct.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Enterprise isn't Star Trek, confirmed! (I kid, I kid.)

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    And it's a quite nice little episode. Foundation really got good in its second season.

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    [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    @StillPaisleyCat

    So much better Sci-fi out there that would be amazing for a TV series or three.

    Personally I work love to have a go at the Greg Mandel series or if I had all the money the Honor Harrington series.

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