tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post501619779830467313..comments2024-03-15T07:28:47.064-05:00Comments on Treknobabble: The Original Series, Season 1: Errand of MercyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-44700423388153051412010-03-20T12:11:03.114-05:002010-03-20T12:11:03.114-05:00Is it "Blackface" as mush as "Latin...Is it "Blackface" as mush as "Latino-face" or "American-Indian-face?" Speaking of which, if you want to see a pretty bad example of white people dressing up as Indians, check out "The Paradise Syndrome."<br /><br />It's a weird thing - if they had hired all black/latino/whatever actors to play a villain, they'd be singled out as racist. But if tey put all white actors in as a "darker skinned" villain, they're also racist. And if all the villains are light skinned, they're racist.<br /><br />I think the take away is that the era in general was racist. So there's really no way to win. Maybe the best you can say is that Star Trek broke a few racial boundaries on TV by making minority characters prominent and non-subservient/villainous. The worst you can say is that they didn't behave in a manner that was 30 years out of step with the time.matthewweflenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07540521459703556959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4400152815785368447.post-36137937113475094422010-03-18T13:27:25.108-05:002010-03-18T13:27:25.108-05:00I just saw 'Day of the Dove', which was th...I just saw 'Day of the Dove', which was the heaviest Klingon episode I've seen so far, and the first I've seen where the Klingons have a definite 'look' as opposed to just way too much bronzer. But the vibe I got from that 'look' was blackface, so I'm surprised that the original theme of the Klingons was 'oriental'. I always suspected that was the motivation behind the Romulans/Vulcans, while the Klingons had a weird 'Afrikaans' thing going on. Or maybe that's something I got from Next Gen, and Warf's whole 'proud Black Man' shtick?Pending Framinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12021268149296624466noreply@blogger.com