Short answer: Yes, maybe. Longer answer: They are suggesting a color- blind, gender-blind, species-blind utopian ideal.
On Oct 29, 1:27 pm, "Steve Timko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At the risk of sounding racially insenstive, I have a question about the > three interracial couples I've seen on Dr. Who and Torchwood so far. > On Dr. Who, Rose was white and Mickey was black. No problem with that > casting (or any of these) and I think the actor who played Mickey did a > great job. Couldn't have picked anyone better. > Also on Dr. Who, on the bride Christmas episode, the bride was white and her > groom was black. I guess she comes back in later episodes (I haven't watched > that far yet) and I found it curious that they gave her a black groom. > Again, nothing wrong with that. Interracial couples are not that common > among people I know and work with. > And last night I saw the Cyberwoman episode of Torchwood. A white boyfriend > and a black (and very hot) cyberwoman. > So while I applaud the show creators for giving meaningful roles to > non-whites, I'm wondering if there's a bigger goal here with all the > interracial coupling. Dr. Who implies in the the first season that Capt. > Jack Harkness is pan-sexual, talking about how when humans progress they > breed with all kinds of species. Are the interracial themes an indicator of > the step in that direction? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
