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I’d have loved for Number One to reprise her role in the rest of the series, but I have my doubts over whether the writers could’ve created a successful dynamic between Kirk and Number One, particularly since it could very easily have degenerated into Number One playing the role of sensible, scolding foil to Kirk’s fun, adventurous playboy — a dynamic that very rarely works. Like 007 in the earlier Bond movies, Kirk’s carefree skankiness is in many ways preferable to a 1960s-era idea of an ongoing romance subplot. — from Hello, Tailor — Star Trek’s original 1965 pilot episode: The Cage.

I’d have loved for Number One to reprise her role in the rest of the series, but I have my doubts over whether the writers could’ve created a successful dynamic between Kirk and Number One, particularly since it could very easily have degenerated into Number One playing the role of sensible, scolding foil to Kirk’s fun, adventurous playboy — a dynamic that very rarely works. Like 007 in the earlier Bond movies, Kirk’s carefree skankiness is in many ways preferable to a 1960s-era idea of an ongoing romance subplot. — from Hello, Tailor — Star Trek’s original 1965 pilot episode: The Cage.

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In some ways The Cage is less sexist than much of the later Original Series episodes, but it’s still utterly rooted in 1960s society. Number One’s presence on the bridge of the Enterprise tells us something about shipboard sexism almost immediately, beginning with an unfortunately realistic scene where Pike remarks that he’s uncomfortable with “a woman” being on the bridge (referring to a young Yeoman, there to deliver some documents) before being reminded that Number One is a woman. He quickly catches himself and says that she “doesn’t count”. This kind of thing — plus the fact that Number One is demonstrably the most competant person in the crew, yet is still left in a support role right up until the last moment — indicates to me that the writers knew quite a bit about sexism and how it would show itself onboard ship. — from Hello, Tailor — Star Trek’s original 1965 pilot episode: The Cage.

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grapnel: Barbara Luna and Nichelle Nichols between takes, during the filming of the “Mirror, Mirror” episode of Star Trek, ca. 1967 Why did womens’ abs look so different 50 years ago?

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Barbara Luna and Nichelle Nichols between takes, during the filming of the “Mirror, Mirror” episode of Star Trek, ca. 1967

Why did womens’ abs look so different 50 years ago?

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