Was it the mixed marriage they didn't like?

POSTED BY: Nellie
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 05:10
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NELLIE

Saturday, January 14, 2006 1:44 PM

Looking at the beautiful new wallpaper images here of Wash & Zoe made me sadly wonder about something a friend said. He said, "Maybe it was the happy mixed marriage that somebody didn't like. Maybe that's why they cancelled Firefly, and why Joss had to kill off Wash. Maybe they'll hook up Zoe with that new reformed Operative, so that blacks are with blacks and whites are with whites."
Thinking about that, how many HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL mixed marriages have ever been shown on television or in movies? There was a short-lived mixed romance in "The Bodyguard", a troubled engagement in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", and how many more? Does anybody know some more examples? I never watched TV very much, so I don't really know.

DONCOAT

Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:01 PM

Well, Star Trek TNG had an Irish-Asian mixed marriage.

Funny, though -- until I saw your post, I never really thought about the Wash/Zoe pairing in those terms. Had to think for a moment before I knew what you meant. I guess that's a mark of how far our society has come over the last half-century -- not that we don't still have a way to go.

To answer your question, I have no idea whether there was a racist in a high position at Fox. Neither Joss nor anyone else I know of has ever even hinted that this might have been a factor. So I'd have to say: probably not.

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DAX82

Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:09 PM

Thats the dumbest thing Ive ever heard.

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:22 PM

Yeah, I doubt it.

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BLINKER

Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:24 PM

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Thinking about that, how many HAPPY, SUCCESSFUL mixed marriages have ever been shown on television or in movies?

Star Trek is full of 'em: O'Brien and Keiko, Paris and Torres, Worf and Jadzia. (That last marriage ended in death, but only because Terry Farrell asked to leave the series.)

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SERGEANTX

Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:45 PM

I dunno. I've heard Joss talking about how Fox did, in fact, object strenously to the idea of having a married couple on the ship. I don't remember hearing that it had anything to do with the mixed race issue, but it's certainly possible. If it wasn't that, it's almost more perplexing. Why would they have been so opposed to having a happily married couple on the crew?? Does their 'market research' (how I loathe the term) tell them marriage is somehow offensive to their 'demographic'(that one too)?

SergeantX

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VIKING

Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:59 PM

what is this thing you got over ther against mixed marriges ?

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CBY

Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:05 PM

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Originally posted by dax82:
Thats the dumbest thing Ive ever heard.

On the other hand, a black man felt the urge to say "George Bush doesn't care about black people" in front of millions - makes you think, doesn't it? Maybe the prejudices are still deep seated somewhere in the American heads.

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SERGEANTX

Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:06 PM

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Originally posted by Viking:
what is this thing you got over ther against mixed marriges ?

The wages of sin are death, but the hours are good and the perks are fantastic.

It's this thing called 'racism'. You've never heard of it?

SergeantX

"Dream a little dream or you can live a little dream. I'd rather live it, cause dreamers always chase but never get it." Aesop Rock

VIKING

Saturday, January 14, 2006 4:08 PM

well i kinda thogth racism was more a minority thing

but i guess the majority off the american pepole are racist then

if they dont want mix mariges

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