How ‘Star Trek: DS9’ Handled Racism and Prejudice
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- ET spoke with Avery Brooks about the messages within ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s beloved episode 'Far Beyond the Stars,' streaming on CBS All Access. Brooks opens up in this 1998 interview about wanting to explore racism through the lens of a 1950s sci-fi writer, and how ‘DS9’ follows ‘Star Trek’s tradition of prominently featuring BIPOC characters. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ continued this legacy with the franchise’s first Black female lead, and the show’s first season will make its broadcast debut in a special presentation starting Sept. 24 on CBS.
Such a phenomenal actor, and one of my favorite episodes
A most mind opening experience on television.
Sisko is the most compelling captain in Star Trek. He has so many layers to his character.
Yes. I totally agree. And the relationship between Jake and Benjamin was gold.. Great acting. He was a strong captain that had human flaws. The scene “I can live with it”....and so many others.
I appreciate how unpolished and human he was. His family life but also his ruthlessness as a war time captain make him so compelling and helped shape the unique tone of ds9.
He was also the warmest captain in terms of caring about his crew on a personal level and is more in touch with his and other's emotions. I also like that he's willing to be morally grey for good purposes. He never did any morally wrong, but moments like when he extorts Quark to get him to help on a mission is very "un-starfleet", and that's what sets him apart as a leader.
Avery is a great actor. He made DS9 possible. He was the driving soul and power of the whole series.He brought something to the Star Trek that had hitherto and even since never been equaled.
He didn't just make it possible, he made it absolutely amazing.
When he says "This is ancient knowledge!" God what a performance.
"It is a renewal of faith that there is a way to elevate the conversation" - wise words from a wise man - we need more elevated conversation today.
Thank you Avery wherever you are. You created an eternal masterpiece in the form of DS9.
This was a good episode. However, let's not forget that Star Trek is exploring prejudice all the time with it's various stories involving alien cultures.
This is what makes Star Trek so unique. It's educating us about prejudice without us even knowing it.
I have to say Avery Brooks is gold. He has such a rare presence and distinctive personality that's one in a million. There's very few actors alive today that can fill the role of a Star Fleet captain.
Avery Brooks....👌✌️👌. Captain Sisko. My fav captain.
History, real history.
Watched this episode last week (again!). Magnetic acting, amazing writing, fun and of course thought provoking... A legendary episode!
I will say its one of my favorite ds9 episodes
Far Beyond The Stars was and still is the very best episode of all DS9 . Avery Brook's acting and performance was so emotionally charged near the end ,that it was so heart wrenching to watch . A lot of racial discrimination still exists even in today's society in 2024 .😔
One of my heroes. Role Model. He expresses himself wonderfully!
Best DS9 story ever.
A very good episode.
well said in the video
Best Trek ever
Beautiful.
Live long and prosper 🖖!!!!!
I love captain Sisko definitely the best Star Trek captain.
I only got into one Star Trek series and I found Sisko the most engaging with the best overall character arc than the others. I couldn't really get into TNG but Deep Space Nine had some epic overall story plots that brought awareness in terms of race and politics. Especially now. Wish they did another series in this vein. Oh well.
Gene Roddenberry would probably have had some issues with how the Federation did things on DS9 - but I am sure he would've LOVED this episode.
So much better compared to today and It didn't hammer you over the head.
Maybe it should be hammered into people's heads.
@@Mechaghostman2 Lecturing people and being heavy handed will never work.
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Maybe not, but if it pisses off bigots and just slightly annoys non-bigots, then I'm cool with it.
@@Mechaghostman2 It only hurts the shows and movies but ok.
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Where is Avery Brooks?
Probably pissed that the Star Trek franchise left his character exactly what he did not want, a dead beat Black father. No one can take that from us though Avery Brooks and Sisko have always been kings.
DS9 was by far my favourite series of ST. Shame they never got movies. I wish paramount would go back and explore the dominion war a bit
He was TERRIFYING in The Big Hit with Mark Wahlberg
I like you so much, dear Avery. Best wishes, Jana
Total brilliance
Very Interesting
The best of trek
This black dude explored strange new worlds, he faced new lives and civilisations, he boldly went where no1 had gone before.
(I'm black too by the way)
Good Episode of Star Trek DS9.
A fantastic actor but a better stage actor 🙌🏻
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I use to watch him on shows when I was little. How hasn't he aged?
Black don't crack
@@MedalionDS9 True... people of colour seem to retain a youthful appearance into old age; only their hair goes white. The same goes for Asians. 😉
This is 20 year old video
70 years later here we are still trying to find air to breathe and space for all the garbage in the world. I don’t think we’re gonna make it…
The only episode of Star Trek to use the n word
And it’s also the best episode of DS9 and maybe the best episode of any post TOS
Great episode, but "In the Pale Moonlight", "The Inner Light" and "All Our Yesterdays" are right up there.
Its a fake!!
Deep Space Nine opened the frontier, so that the USS Discovery could jump.
Honestly that was my least favorite episode. It just felt like the writers where trying to pat themselves on the back.
First
Congratulations kid here's your sticker 💥
Terri Jones thanks 🙏
Ayman Al-Tamimi I know I’m just fighting fire with fire
Unrelated: I believe Avery himself is a racist against whites and is why hes hard to work with and why he feels he hasnt been able to return to acting. He states because he's being attacked but nah. Just nah.
By the way, i really enjoy Ds9 and Sisko is my 3rd fav cpt. Its a bummer to pick up on his reality vibes tho :/ i see it break through in his acting sometimes too. I just feel like people like this are fueling it more than anyone now a days.