“Later, after Trek was on the air, the producers used the network’s concerns about sexuality to their advantage — they would deliberately put sexy stuff into episodes for the network to freak out about, so the censors wouldn’t notice other things. For example, in the episode “A Private Little War,” the producers deliberately put in a scene of Kirk having an open-mouth kiss with a half-naked woman, so the network could throw a fit about that — and not notice the blatant Vietnam allegory.”

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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About The Original Star Trek (via mediahascookies)

THIS IS WHAT STAR TREK IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT

(via bookishbutcorruptible)

When JJ Abrams decided that he didn’t like the “philosophy” of Star Trek, this is some of the stuff he was knocking.

(via grouchythefish)

I guess the T&A distracted Abrams so much so that he missed the allegorical aspects too.

(via thetrekkiehasthephonebox)

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