3 thoughts on “Data’s Poetry Is Actually Fantastic”
I have a theory that revolves around the duality of Star Trek and Dr. Who. While you can easily criticise Doctor Who of blatant and rampant sexism on the characterisation of the Doctor’s companions, the Doctor him/herself can never be accused in this manner. The show is sexist (or can be), the Doctor never is.
Inversely with Trek, the world building of the show/s portray human society as free from prejudice as possible, however, the characters themselves often are just that. To justify this conclusion you need look no farther than Next Gen and see how often the Ferengi are butt of many, many racist slurs and jokes or the way that McCoy refers to Spock as a “pointy-eared…” The show is never racist, the characters often are.
I’m rereading this and it just occurred to me how funny it is that a starship’s first officer, who has visited many worlds, says he wouldn’t miss the poetry reading “for the world”.
I have a theory that revolves around the duality of Star Trek and Dr. Who. While you can easily criticise Doctor Who of blatant and rampant sexism on the characterisation of the Doctor’s companions, the Doctor him/herself can never be accused in this manner. The show is sexist (or can be), the Doctor never is.
Inversely with Trek, the world building of the show/s portray human society as free from prejudice as possible, however, the characters themselves often are just that. To justify this conclusion you need look no farther than Next Gen and see how often the Ferengi are butt of many, many racist slurs and jokes or the way that McCoy refers to Spock as a “pointy-eared…” The show is never racist, the characters often are.
I’m rereading this and it just occurred to me how funny it is that a starship’s first officer, who has visited many worlds, says he wouldn’t miss the poetry reading “for the world”.
Also, watching who is paying attention during “Ode to Spot” is intriguing.