XPost: alt.non.racism, alt.startrek, rec.arts.tv   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.startrek.current   
   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 6/26/2017 10:52 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com wrote:   
   >> For your reference, records indicate that   
   >> Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   >>> Op 22-6-2017 om 20:47 schreef anim8rfsk:   
   >   
   >>>> I hate that they're getting well established Trek history wrong - again.   
   >>>> Is that racist?   
   >>>   
   >>> They did not refer to criticism concerning the timeline.   
   >>   
   >> Maybe, but maybe not.  You can’t add new diversity to an established   
   >> franchise like Star Trek, especially via retcon, without addressing the   
   >> depictions of diversity in the existing story lines.  Or without   
   >> representing *actual* population distributions in a society.  Trek   
   >> *used* to smartly address current social issues via allegory.  Everything   
   >> I read about this new show seems to indicate no such subtlety will exist.   
   >> It's hard to have high expectations for *any* show that is pushing an   
   >> agenda that has nothing to do with telling a great story.   
   >   
   > I don't think writers know how to be subtle any more.   
   >   
   Writers wouldn't know subtle if it bit them on the ass.  :)   
      
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