Comment on Karim Diané on playing Star Trek’s first gay Klingon
ruuster13@lemmy.zip 3 days agoKlingons appear humanoid. Therefore humans see themselves in them regardless of what the writers intend. Therefore we have to shove representation in as a sort of innoculation against the exact mental gymnastics you’re performing.
JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Cultural inoculation is like a right wing conspiracy theory, but here you are stating it as fact. Maybe you’re right, and the writers really do view Star Trek as tool for cultural power and reeducation, instead of entertainment and art. I hope you’re wrong.