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From: ijball-NO_SPAM@mac.invalid
In article <050120120849200116%bubba@nowhere.edu.invalid>,
Professor Bubba wrote:
> In article
> ,
> Martin Phipps wrote:
>
> > On Jan 5, 1:53 am, Ubiquitous wrote:
> >
> > > At convention after convention, fans have approached Takei and shared
> > > thousands of inspiring stories with him about what Sulu did for them.
> > > Takeiąs character didnąt fall into a stereotype he spoke without an
> > > accent and didnąt represent ła villain or a servant,˛ as media had
> > > previously treated Asian-Americans. "Trek," and Takei, have taught
> > > acceptance where there was none.
> >
> > I read somewhere that Roddenberry originally had the idea that Sulu
> > was Chinese. There was a student of Confucius named Tsu Lu that was
> > said to be the basis of the character. In "Where No Man Has Gone
> > Before" he was a bit of a stereotype: he was the "mathematics
> > officer"! Later he became part of the bridge crew. As helmsman, he
> > really should have been third in command after Kirk and Spock but I
> > guess America wasn't ready for that. I assume he was next in line
> > after Scotty.
>
> A helmsman wouldn't be third in command of anything, and of course
> there was more than one helmsman aboard. A helmsman doesn't even have
> to be an officer. I don't think we ever actually had it pointed out to
> us who was fourth in line. I suppose command would fall to the
> highest-ranking senior officer aboard, whoever that was. Probably not
> a lieutenant.
I'm pretty sure Sulu 'manned the chair' in TOS at least once, probably
some time when Kirk, Spock and Scotty all went on a landing party
somewhere.
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