Re: WI Earlier Star Trek?

Straha <CreativeZenStraha@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:6bb622ec-d513-475a-
922e-be238bf72ab2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> What if, in the 1930s some creative soul comes up with the idea for a
> new series to do a serial of: That series is Star Trek. What changes
> would have to be made to Star Trek to make it acceptable to 30s
> audiences?(one I can think of is replacing Lt. Uhura with an asian or
> latina or italian women(all 3 are 'unacceptable' but blacks are even
> more beyond the pale)) What effects on the world would there be from
> Star Trek emerging as a 1930s serial in the model of Flash Gordon and
> the like?
 
Forget replacing Uhura with a less "unacceptable" woman - she'd be 
replaced with a man. As would any of the female officers.

If your lucky, you might have a few female nurses on board. But in the 
30's, the primary purpose for a woman being there would be to be the 
weekly "Damsel In Distress."

David

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