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I love the frankness of the questions too, asking about the hair and both of them feeling the weight of the franchise and Nichelle Nichols’ legacy on their shoulders.
Yep, and also flipping the “what was the biggest challenge you overcame” standard question on its head.
And yeah, I was definitely curious about the hair but after learning Gates McFadden wore a bunch of different wigs in TNG, I just kind of let it go. I had no idea there was such thought and additional representation behind the change; that panning shot of her taking the captain’s chair they talked about seems so much more poignant now.
I love the frankness of the questions too, asking about the hair and both of them feeling the weight of the franchise and Nichelle Nichols’ legacy on their shoulders.
Yep, and also flipping the “what was the biggest challenge you overcame” standard question on its head.
And yeah, I was definitely curious about the hair but after learning Gates McFadden wore a bunch of different wigs in TNG, I just kind of let it go. I had no idea there was such thought and additional representation behind the change; that panning shot of her taking the captain’s chair they talked about seems so much more poignant now.
Yes! Definitely not a shot created with a predominantly white boy audience in mind.