Meta, a shame that that message isn't making it to *my* side of the pond.
Meta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm with you on
this. I've always liked that we are used in a
matter of fact way in this show, which is one reason why
I like watching them with my children. They get to see that
we're not super bad nor super good, just regular folk.
Meta
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I thought about the fact the black man was the principal slave driver
> and the Indian woman was both a collaborator and an apologist for a
> clearly corrupt business enterprise. And it occurred to me that it
> didn't bother me because of the matter-of-fact way minorities are
> integrated into these stories.
>
> I think of another of my favorite "Who" episodes - the one where the
> Dyleks are using depression era humans to build the Empire State
> Building - where the leader of the Central Park squatter's camp and
> the most heroic and moral person in the episode is a black man.
>
> It is this even-handedness that makes me a fan of the latest
> incarnation of the good doctor.
>
> ~rave!
>
> --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Justin Mohareb"
> <justinmohareb@> wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:37 AM, ravenadal <ravenadal@> wrote:
> > > Diana: "Being with you I can't tell what's right or wrong anymore."
> > >
> > > Doctor: "It's better that way."
> >
> > Psst. Donna.
> > > I am not a fan of Catherine Tate, a big horsey woman who sort of
> > > clumps around eating scenery. That said, I found "The Planet of the
> > > Ood" to be both a great episode and a trenchant meditation on the
> > > nature of slavery - a pretty amazing accomplishment in a 50 minute
> > > teleplay.
> > >
> > > There were several elements about this episode that I found
appealing.
> > > As usual, I like the multicultural cast which included both a black
> > > man and an Indian woman in prominent roles. I liked the Ood, a race
> > > of peace loving octopi-heads who have been enslaved in a
particularly
> > > diabolical way.
> >
> > Were there any thoughts on the fact the black character in this was
> > the slave driver of the piece?
> >
> > JJ Mohareb
> >
> > --
> > Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Guy.
> > http://thebitterguy.livejournal.com
> >
>
"There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get
organized along the lines of the Mafia." -Kurt Vonnegut, "A Man Without A
Country"
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