William Shatner Has a History Lesson for Everyone Calling Cancelled Star Trek ‘Too Woke’https://parade.com/news/william-shatner-on-calling-cancelled-star-trek-woke
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William Shatner Has a History Lesson for Everyone Calling Cancelled Star Trek ‘Too Woke’
https://parade.com/news/william-shatner-on-calling-cancelled-star-trek-woke"In the first, he went philosophical. ‘Star Trek exists in more than one world,’ he wrote, describing the show as a vehicle for both imaginative science fiction and the deeper, harder project of examining human nature. He cited the writers and designers who bring impossible futures to life, but said what he has always cherished most is the series’ willingness to wrestle with ‘the eternal human questions, the agonies, the ecstasies.’ He closed with a direct expression of loss:'”It’s with sorrow that I hear about the cancellation of the new Star Trek series.’"
"The second post had more edge. Shatner pointed to the original series’ 1968 episode ‘Plato’s Stepchildren,’ which featured what is widely cited as one of American television’s first interracial kisses between his character and Nichelle Nichols’ Lieutenant Uhura. ‘During the first airing of my Star Trek series where a kiss was objectionable,’ he wrote, ‘many southern stations pulled the episode and condemned the show.’ His conclusion was blunt: using today’s language, that episode ‘would absolutely be called ‘woke DEI crap’ because it went against ‘norms’ of society for its time. Not a lot seems to have changed.’"
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William Shatner Has a History Lesson for Everyone Calling Cancelled Star Trek ‘Too Woke’
https://parade.com/news/william-shatner-on-calling-cancelled-star-trek-woke"In the first, he went philosophical. ‘Star Trek exists in more than one world,’ he wrote, describing the show as a vehicle for both imaginative science fiction and the deeper, harder project of examining human nature. He cited the writers and designers who bring impossible futures to life, but said what he has always cherished most is the series’ willingness to wrestle with ‘the eternal human questions, the agonies, the ecstasies.’ He closed with a direct expression of loss:'”It’s with sorrow that I hear about the cancellation of the new Star Trek series.’"
"The second post had more edge. Shatner pointed to the original series’ 1968 episode ‘Plato’s Stepchildren,’ which featured what is widely cited as one of American television’s first interracial kisses between his character and Nichelle Nichols’ Lieutenant Uhura. ‘During the first airing of my Star Trek series where a kiss was objectionable,’ he wrote, ‘many southern stations pulled the episode and condemned the show.’ His conclusion was blunt: using today’s language, that episode ‘would absolutely be called ‘woke DEI crap’ because it went against ‘norms’ of society for its time. Not a lot seems to have changed.’"
@waystation Not a fan of extended universes anymore, so I didn't see it - but I confess a certain curiosity as to the handling of Starfleet Academy, the only real representation of which until now has been TNG's cringe-inducing "1990's American College, Except With Spaceships" - I mean, seriously, I'm not entirely sure they didn't have cheerleaders that we just never got to see
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@waystation Not a fan of extended universes anymore, so I didn't see it - but I confess a certain curiosity as to the handling of Starfleet Academy, the only real representation of which until now has been TNG's cringe-inducing "1990's American College, Except With Spaceships" - I mean, seriously, I'm not entirely sure they didn't have cheerleaders that we just never got to see
@jwcph #StarfleetAcademy is the best #StarTrek since #StarTrekDS9 or #StarTrekVoyager
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@jwcph #StarfleetAcademy is the best #StarTrek since #StarTrekDS9 or #StarTrekVoyager
@waystation Funny you should have those two as favorites - I love VOY but DS9 remains a little "meh" to me
