I agree with Pegg and the others here. But Takei's opposition is interesting. There is of course a long history of trying to get ST out in front on LGBT issues - as late as Next Gen promises (or at least indications) were made , and then backed away from. "The Outcast" was about as close as they got, and that was half-assed. When Yakei says a gay Sulu is not what GR wanted, it is possible he is really saying he dos not want to give GR credit for the vision or courage to have one of the characters he created be gay. Also, I suspect Takei does not want it suggested he was not a good enough actor to prevent his sexuality leaking out in the character, even though a gay Sulu is hardly the most surprising re-imagining...
On Friday, 8 July 2016, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 4:04 PM, David Lynch <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> >> I'm pretty much in a similar place with it. On top of it not being Gene's >> franchise anymore, it's not like rampant heterosexuality was one of Sulu's >> defining characteristics the way it was with Kirk and later Riker and the >> world has changed to the point where I'm sure that any writer who was as >> devoted to diversity as Roddenberry was would have some character who is >> not straight and/or not binary-gendered. It's a big blind spot that Trek >> has had and the go-to excuse that it wouldn't fly commercially hasn't been >> true since before Enterprise was on the air. >> > > I think Simon Pegg had the best response (below). Especially as he notes > that showing a legacy character as LGBT keeps the audience thinking about > the character and introducing a new character who happens to be LGBT > becomes the defining trait for that character and is, in effect, tokenism. > > > https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/08/simon-pegg-defends-gay-sulu-after-george-takei-criticism > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
