fan of the old western series Rawhide, I have all 8 seasons and have seen every one of them. Many young stars acted in them that later went on to fame. I was surprised when I saw Leonard Nimoy playing the part of a Native American, not very convincingly either. Spock was definitely more in his wheelhouse.
As a kid I really liked Rawhide including Rowdy Yates, played by that RW pomposity Clint Eastwood. I had no idea that young Leonard Nemoy played a Native American on this TV western. It would be interesting in my old age to see a Rawhide episode which I'm sure would horrify me now. I also liked, I'm ashamed to say, Wagon Train with Ward Bond and assorted handsome grown up cowboys who slew those evil extremist terrorists the Indians. We didn't have a TV so I mostly watched the western racist shows and other TV forbidden fruits at my friends houses. No wonder we have such a dysfunctional populace who sees everything as white hat good guys vs black hat barbarian threats.
Star Trek however was another era's TV fare. Spock rocked, for a data driven unemotional alien he was sure humanistic. Like the Twilight Zone it took people to a place that questioned the reality we earthlings found acceptable and good. We could use some more entertainment that left us questioning the black and white, binary techie world we now habituate. RIP Spock/Leonard Nemoy. The world needs more humanistic aliens like you were. Thank you for showing us all the human condition from an 'aliens' viewpoint.
watching the end of the series not too long ago. I hadn't watched it since I was a kid and didn't remember much of the episodes at all. But I do have to say that there was surprisingly a liberal bent to the show, believe it or not. It portrayed the Native Americans in stereotypical fashion as mostly savage aggressors attacking the poor put-upon white settlers, but it also had it's moments of standing up for their rights and treating them as equals. Of course it was different times back when the show aired, but i was truly surprised, it wasn't the patriotic right wing bravado shit that you would think it would be and even though Eastwood is a jackass now, he was kind of cool back then, definitely different than he is now. Yeah there is hard ass macho bullshit and gunfights but it wouldn't be a western without that, would it. Anyway, I'm a country boy and I think i must have been a drover in a previous life, I could easily do the cowboy thing if it still was a thing. And just to throw in a disclaimer, I'm a huge defender of Native American rights.
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fan of the old western series Rawhide, I have all 8 seasons and have seen every one of them. Many young stars acted in them that later went on to fame. I was surprised when I saw Leonard Nimoy playing the part of a Native American, not very convincingly either. Spock was definitely more in his wheelhouse.
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As a kid I really liked Rawhide including Rowdy Yates, played by that RW pomposity Clint Eastwood. I had no idea that young Leonard Nemoy played a Native American on this TV western. It would be interesting in my old age to see a Rawhide episode which I'm sure would horrify me now. I also liked, I'm ashamed to say, Wagon Train with Ward Bond and assorted handsome grown up cowboys who slew those evil extremist terrorists the Indians. We didn't have a TV so I mostly watched the western racist shows and other TV forbidden fruits at my friends houses. No wonder we have such a dysfunctional populace who sees everything as white hat good guys vs black hat barbarian threats.
Star Trek however was another era's TV fare. Spock rocked, for a data driven unemotional alien he was sure humanistic. Like the Twilight Zone it took people to a place that questioned the reality we earthlings found acceptable and good. We could use some more entertainment that left us questioning the black and white, binary techie world we now habituate. RIP Spock/Leonard Nemoy. The world needs more humanistic aliens like you were. Thank you for showing us all the human condition from an 'aliens' viewpoint.
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watching the end of the series not too long ago. I hadn't watched it since I was a kid and didn't remember much of the episodes at all. But I do have to say that there was surprisingly a liberal bent to the show, believe it or not. It portrayed the Native Americans in stereotypical fashion as mostly savage aggressors attacking the poor put-upon white settlers, but it also had it's moments of standing up for their rights and treating them as equals. Of course it was different times back when the show aired, but i was truly surprised, it wasn't the patriotic right wing bravado shit that you would think it would be and even though Eastwood is a jackass now, he was kind of cool back then, definitely different than he is now. Yeah there is hard ass macho bullshit and gunfights but it wouldn't be a western without that, would it. Anyway, I'm a country boy and I think i must have been a drover in a previous life, I could easily do the cowboy thing if it still was a thing. And just to throw in a disclaimer, I'm a huge defender of Native American rights.