Okay but this erases the much larger discussion about ableism, something that Geordie’s character (sometimes clumsily) personifies.
“Don’t fix me, I’m not broken”.
I do have to warn you, the quality varies. Rick Berman and, strangely, Gene Roddenberry himself, both held the show back: forcing rewrites; being sleazebags; crushing cast interpretations of their own roles; and projecting their hangups onto the franchise for as long as they could.
Progressiveness isn’t always linear.
Okay but this erases the much larger discussion about ableism, something that Geordie’s character (sometimes clumsily) personifies.
“Don’t fix me, I’m not broken”.
Who said the mockery chip was politically correct?
I suppose, but so does him getting cybernetic eyes in the movies.
not if you only consider is cyberEyes to be mere upgrades to his visor (which, if you’ll recall, also hurt him to use) rather than a “cure”.
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Ok this is making me really think I need to watch this show. It’s a statement I’m often frustrated that able folks don’t get that some of us have.
I do have to warn you, the quality varies. Rick Berman and, strangely, Gene Roddenberry himself, both held the show back: forcing rewrites; being sleazebags; crushing cast interpretations of their own roles; and projecting their hangups onto the franchise for as long as they could.
Progressiveness isn’t always linear.