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   Message 76,539 of 77,408   
   Obveeus to All   
   Re: Star Trek: Discovery star replies to   
   22 Jun 17 17:42:20   
   
   XPost: alt.non.racism, alt.startrek, alt.tv.star-trek   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.tv   
   From: Obveeus@aol.com   
      
   On 6/22/2017 5:18 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   >   Rhino  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2017-06-22 3:40 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:   
   >>> On 6/22/2017 11:47 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:   
   >>>> In article <594c049d$0$728$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>,   
   >>>>    Wouter Valentijn  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Op 22-6-2017 om 14:35 schreef Ubiquitous:   
   >>>>>> Sonequa Martin-Green torpedos the trolls as the first �iscovery¹   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Good article. Sonequa and George nailed it!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Well, no, not really.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I hate the ship design.  Is that racist?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I hate that they're getting well established Trek history wrong - again.   
   >>>> Is that racist?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I hate the creatives that I've heard of - is that racist?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I hate CBS because THEY are racist.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You don't even have to *know* the cast to hate this show.  Is that   
   >>>> racist?   
   >>>>   
   >>> If anyone who is in any way racist has heard of the show, then yes all   
   >>> dislike of the show is racist.  I thought you knew that by now.   
   >>>   
   >> I'm curious to know if there is even one heterosexual white male in the   
   >> cast or does their vision of "diversity" exclude heterosexual white   
   >> males altogether because, you know, its 2017?   
   >   
   > That's exactly what it means, except it excludes white females too in the   
   case of Nancy Drew.   
   >   
   >> I wonder if they'll "throw us a bone" in the form of a single white guy   
   >> who has a really low-prestige job, just so that no one can complain that   
   >> we've been completely excluded?   
   >   
   > The IMDb cast list includes Jason Isaacs, who's British and Jewish   
      
   https://ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/000259034hr.jpg?w=2000   
   I liked Jason Isaacs in AWAKE and THE OA.   
      
   > Doug Jones, who looks to be a white American, but I think he's playing   
   > an alien   
      
   I think he is the top photo on this page (based upon the photo further   
   down the page):   
   http://www.treknews.net/2017/05/18/star-trek-discovery-trailer-breakdown/   
      
   > and the gay character played by Anthony Rapp   
    >   
   > That's all that are listed as being in all 15 terrible episodes.   
      
   According to IMDB, that would be three of the six people that appear in   
   every episode.   
      
   > They have a white guy playing a Klingon - that outta make Michael Dorn's   
   turtle head explode.   
      
   hee hee.   
      
   > http://ncc-1031.com/the-crew-of-the-uss-discovery/   
      
      
   >   
      
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