Comment on Tale as old as time

• WhoRoger@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Wdym, Burton has a normal photo and the character is named among the others. Stewart’s picture is from a performance, so also different.

  Also funny how you’re complaining about someone not getting named, and you’re just referring to him as a black man.

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  • Blimp7990@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    you’re just referring to him as a black man.

    yes, in this case the pertinent piece of information is not that he is hero of all 80’s childrens’ childhoods, book advocate and reading rainbow star LeVar Burton. what matters for the point i am trying to make is that i am presuming the pov of the editor of that article: oh, hes the black guy who is gonna be the new spock. its ok to do that. I don’t think LeVar Burton is going to not get the point.

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    • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah, it feels like they intentionally picked that photo for contrast value: smiling so broadly when that is something “the original Spock” never did. They were going for the outrage factor, truth be damned.

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      • Blimp7990@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        i like this idea, could buy that

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