Sonequa Martin-Green, who in Star Trek: Discovery plays the role of Michael Burnham, has recently talked about the show’s diversity and how they actively try to denounce racism.
Discovery on CBS All Access has had a successful run over the past two years. The series not only incorporates elements that fans loved about the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: Enterprise, but creators Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman have made sure that their new take on the popular sci-fi universe is naturally progressive. Recently speaking with the Salt Lake Tribune, the latter discussed how they’ve managed to accomplish this goal.
“I think that we all feel Star Trek is a larger mission than just making great entertainment,” Kurtzman revealed. “Gene Roddenberry’s greatest contribution to the conversation of diversity in the future is that diversity is never addressed in Star Trek.”
This rings true when you consider Martin-Green’s character Burnham,...
Discovery on CBS All Access has had a successful run over the past two years. The series not only incorporates elements that fans loved about the original Star Trek series and Star Trek: Enterprise, but creators Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman have made sure that their new take on the popular sci-fi universe is naturally progressive. Recently speaking with the Salt Lake Tribune, the latter discussed how they’ve managed to accomplish this goal.
“I think that we all feel Star Trek is a larger mission than just making great entertainment,” Kurtzman revealed. “Gene Roddenberry’s greatest contribution to the conversation of diversity in the future is that diversity is never addressed in Star Trek.”
This rings true when you consider Martin-Green’s character Burnham,...
- 6/28/2020
- by Jonathan Wright
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