If you really want to show power in its larger aspects, you need to show the effects on the powerless, for good or ill - the human cost of public works. That's what I try to do, show not only how power works but its effect on people. ↗
There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part. ↗