Spoiler what? Season one had some the interracial, intergender, interspecies relations.
Just play "Greeks Bearing Gifts"... Go ahead... ~C ----- Original Message ----- From: "M-D November" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TVorNotTV" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:18 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Interracial couples question about Dr. Who/Torchwood (SPOILERS) Without spoiling anything, Toshiko will see her fair share of interracial action too... On Oct 29, 7:34 pm, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
