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Star Trek: Jonathan Frakes Reveals Origin of the Riker Chair Maneuver

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    #1
    Posted Wed 13 May, 2020 7:06 PM
    https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/...riker-sit-ori/
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    Posted Wed 13 May, 2020 8:24 PM
    Yeah, that article doesn't mention that years before joining Trek, he had a job moving furniture and injured his back. Sitting down like that, and the patented 'Riker Lean' are done because it doesn't hurt when he does that.

    This was confirmed in 2013 by Wil Wheaton on Reddit
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    Posted Thu 14 May, 2020 12:18 PM
    Originally Posted by Silek
    https://comicbook.com/startrek/news/...riker-sit-ori/

    Originally Posted by aceman67
    Yeah, that article doesn't mention that years before joining Trek, he had a job moving furniture and injured his back. Sitting down like that, and the patented 'Riker Lean' are done because it doesn't hurt when he does that.


    This was confirmed in 2013 by Wil Wheaton on Reddit


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