I'm pretty sure that was intentional.
Bryan Fuller: Diversity is key
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I dunno. I don't think it is particularly visionary for dramatic TV show nowadays to include a cast with a combination of most the following traits:
- Female
- Male
- Younger
- Older
- White
- Black
- Asian
- Middle eastern and/or South Central Asian
- Hispanic
- British
- Hip
- Traditional
- ...etcetera.
It's easier today than it was, that's for sure. But it also would have been easier then than it only seemed to be, if all you did was look at the end result and not what could have been.
The only other examples I can think of are due to historical context, Lawrence of Arabia and 12 Angry Men.
That said, Over There is a great example of how modern military shows can work with a diverse cast.
Chekov was added to appeal to a specific demographic: Teens and young adults.
He looked like the Monkee's Davy Jones (or someone who could now be cast in "Beatlemania") for a reason.
Casting him is analogous to a casting director today making sure a hip Millennial is included in the cast of a show.
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I mean that because we had another regular, now that meant his role was locked in for as long as he was on the show and in an episode. You couldn't have ensign/Lt of the week the way you did in season one.
1/3 means there's double as many male characters than there are female ones. Don't give me this "It could be worse"-shit. It's fucking awful, there's no way around that. It's made worse by the fact that we've had 5 other predominantly male casts in Trek shows before.
So yeah, I know I've said it before but if this turns out to be the case again I'll be really disappointed.
Not every show needs equal representation, don't get me wrong. But when you've had 5 fucking shows that did the same before, how about evening it out a little?
Or hell, cast 2/3 of the roles with women.
And you figure that just sort of happened because the casting people "didn't see race?"
I'm also pretty sure that even those that did feature a white character specifically included them as a "token" white character too.And you figure that just sort of happened because the casting people "didn't see race?"
Give me that show.
No.I was asking if those were what you referred to. Like I said, I didn't watch them.And you figure that just sort of happened because the casting people "didn't see race?"
With out the supernatural.
Nope, I got nothing.
Apart from the obviously aimed at the female demographic shows, that is.
Apart from the obviously aimed at the female demographic shows, that is.
But men have already lost Star Wars to the dreaded scourge that is diversity. If this keeps up the only thing they'll have left is controlling nearly all businesses, the majority of the money and essentially every single government.
You forgot all major religions....
I think there are more guys.
I miss Buffy.
It would be remarkable, genuinely astonishing, to have a mainstream sci-fi movie or show with a cast the reverse of, say, Lord of the Rings, or the Avengers, where everyone is a woman except one or two token male characters largely there to relate to the women and who don't get an action figure. When that is as unremarkable as the opposite, we can genuinely believe casts 'just happen'.
It would be remarkable, genuinely astonishing, to have a mainstream sci-fi movie or show with a cast the reverse of, say, Lord of the Rings, or the Avengers, where everyone is a woman except one or two token male characters largely there to relate to the women and who don't get an action figure. When that is as unremarkable as the opposite, we can genuinely believe casts 'just happen'.
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