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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [NEWS] Live-action Dungeons & Dragons series moves to Netflix Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:51:50 +1300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 25 Message-ID: <vpiplm$1fcua$1@dont-email.me> References: <hpcorj1g84fhlsp4akvhcv7kqf016k4ob0@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:51:51 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="d8d4e1dde24352ddc2b94479c612c4cc"; logging-data="1553354"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18S+PZBQld1jNEGIKcgBY5siRxkQilrCXE=" User-Agent: Unison/2.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:h13E6G8pcCPZCgVNfDEuKGB1M/o= Bytes: 2063 On 2025-02-24 08:53:27 +0000, The Horny Goat said: > On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:53:55 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> > wrote: > >> Have they stopped self-flagellating themselves over the "racist" >> implications of half-orc and half-elf characters yet? >> >> (One of the more idiotic and stupid intrusions of political correctness into >> the world of entertainment. Almost on the level of stupidity with the STAR >> TREK fans who insisted that the dark-skinned Vulcans like Tuvok were >> African-Americans.) > > Strange - I thought at least as early as ST:TNG if not earlier was the > premise that Klingons were supposed to ensure lots of employment for > black actors. > > But then Tuvok is an interesting character unlike Burnham.... Originally the Klingons were said to be the warlike Mongols of central Asia, although wierdly often played by Latino actors. Even back then there were complaints about racial stereotypes being used, so again the "Political Correct" brigade today who think they came up with the ideas have no clue about history.