Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site cae780.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!greipa!pesnta!amd!amdcad!cae780!alan From: alan@cae780.UUCP (Alan M. Steinberg) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Another minority falsely depicted Message-ID: <1551@cae780.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 16:34:25 EST Article-I.D.: cae780.1551 Posted: Mon Nov 4 16:34:25 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 6-Nov-85 00:10:39 EST References: <843@terak.UUCP> Reply-To: alan@cae780.UUCP (Alan M. Steinberg) Distribution: na Organization: Tektronix, Inc. (CAE Systems Division), Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 22 >I thought that the folks who make TV programs were socially conscious >enough nowadays to be careful in how they depict minorities. >Apparently not, at least as far as witches are concerned. The Halloween >episode of Night Court does get credit for showing the witch as being a >genuine human being, and a nice one at that.It seemed a bit odd that a show >which doesn't shy away from mixed-race marriage would conclude that a judge >cannot date a witch because it would ruin his career. And I suppose "Ghostbusters" was a very racist film, depicting ghosts in a way the ACLU might disapprove of... -- Alan Steinberg {ucbvax}!decwrl!amdcad!cae780!alan Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat! Again??? Nothing up my sleeve... Presto! Roooooaaaaarrrrrr!! Wrong hat! Must be something in the hat! And now here's something we hope you'll really like!