Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agoDukat's right! Get that man a statue!imagemessage-square14 fedilinkarrow-up136
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minus-squareTheLepidopterists [he/him]hexbear11·2 years agoStar Trek literally had the first interracial kiss on American TV at a time when the vast majority of the US thought that was wrong. To whatever extent that a network tv show can be "woke" Star Trek has always been that. link
minus-squareCircra [he/him]hexbear8·2 years agoApparently for that scene the studio wanted to do a shot without the kiss, but Shatner kept deliberately fucking up all the takes by gurning and generally fucking around so the studio couldn't chicken out. link
Star Trek literally had the first interracial kiss on American TV at a time when the vast majority of the US thought that was wrong.
To whatever extent that a network tv show can be "woke" Star Trek has always been that.
Apparently for that scene the studio wanted to do a shot without the kiss, but Shatner kept deliberately fucking up all the takes by gurning and generally fucking around so the studio couldn't chicken out.