The mystery of Jose's peppers...
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But does Jose REALLY like his peppers? And, what variety of peppers would they be?Okay, so we’ve established that people like food…
Hey, Mexican reds are to peppers what quadro and quintotriticale are to grain - a new variety.
I think this story might be more Takei apocrypha. The script has Sulu playing Three Musketeers, I’m not sure why the production would give him a katana.
Sulu also wields a katana in “Day of the Dove”, why Takei would do things differently in a situation where sword choice wasn’t script dependent?
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Hmm. I never noticed Sulu with a katana in "Day of the Dove."
I do seem to recall bat'leths being added to the remastered version.
I do seem to recall bat'leths being added to the remastered version.
And then they had him chased by a samurai warrior in TOS S1 Shore Leave...
Had him give an Air Force officer a Karate Chop to knock him out in TOS S1 Tomorrow Is Yesterday...
Had Sulu fighting Kirk with Karate and Judo in TOS S2 Catspaw...
And had Sulu wielding a katana in TOS S3 Day Of The Dove...
Just saying...
Sulu also does a karate chop in Day of the Dove as well as having a katana as you point out.
Are you sure about that? I don't remember any batleth in DotD, and it isn't included in the side by side:
Also, doing that would "steal authorship" of the batleth from the artist who came up with it for TNG. Legal, but unfair to the guy.
Because as most BIPOC actors will tell you, you'll wln some—but not all—battles against stereotypes perpetuated by White-dominated Hollywood. Doesn't mean George got tired of beating his head against that wall, just that the wall came out on top more often.
I always find it interesting that the people I encounter IRL who push back the strongest against the idea that stereotypes can be hurtful are always straight, white males—who, as Wil Wheaton once so aptly put it, go through life on the lowest difficulty setting there is.
That's a good one!
In fact, it was John Scalzi who wrote about that, though I don't doubt Wil Wheaton has had occasion to reference it.
Relatively minor? Don't get between a man and his peppers. Twenty percent, at least.
Which could - funnily enough - be misconstrued as a stereotype.
...and that it's perfectly ethical for a person to like the ethnic food of his own ethnicity.
On the other hand, not every Joe Schmo Stranger is going to take pigeonholing based on ethnicity (or, at least, what appears to them as pigeonholing) so well, because any possible connected assumptions - from the stranger on the other end - are not always limited to cuisine...not always innocuous. Plus, there's a difference between ethnicity and culture: it's probably a safe bet that Jose from Guadalajara will enjoy locally-sourced peppers, but Jose whose family has lived in Worcester for generations is - on average - less likely to respond in the same manner.
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Worf was brought up on Earth, but biologically he is a Klingon, and he has decided to embrace Klingon culture. He is depicted as enjoying Klingon food, Klingon fighting styles, Klingon weapons, Klingon dress, Klingon religion and philosophy. Is that a racist stereotype or is that simply what we would expect of someone who embraces Klingon culture?
If a character grew up in Japan and is depicted as embracing Japanese food, fighting styles, weapons, dress, religion, and philosophy, is that a racist stereotype, or is that just what you would expect from a character who has decided to embrace Japanese culture?
If a character grew up in Japan and is depicted as embracing Japanese food, fighting styles, weapons, dress, religion, and philosophy, is that a racist stereotype, or is that just what you would expect from a character who has decided to embrace Japanese culture?
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