From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos   
   From Address: sdlitvin@earthlink.net   
   Subject: Re: The Slaver Weapon (TAS): my review   
      
      
      
   "Rik P"  wrote in message    
   news:3a71f519-a29d-4f16-aca4-67b085046f33@5g2000yqo.googlegroups.com:   
      
   > One great thing about this episode is that the Starfleet team acts   
   > exactly like trained professionals with no nonsense, and no "I'm   
   > frightened" from Uhura worked in solely for dramatic purposes.  Uhura   
   > isn't frightened in TAS (Lorelei Signal Flashback.... Chapel: What are   
   > you doing?  Uhura: Taking command of this ship!).   
      
   By 1973, the women's liberation movement had a real effect on Hollywood.   
      
   Most TV series in the 1960s depicted women as subservient, flighty, even    
   emotional figures.  If anything, TOS was better than average in that    
   regard.  Though Mission: Impossible did even better with the Cinnamon    
   Carter character.   
      
   By the 1970s, Uhura could no longer be depicted as just the "emotional    
   secretary" of the Enterprise.   
      
      
      
      
   -- Steven L.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
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