Natasha Warner on Nostr: I hardly ever re-watch TOS because I can't stand the gender stuff anymore, but I ...
I hardly ever re-watch TOS because I can't stand the gender stuff anymore, but I wanted to go back and review what Sarek was like before the whales movie and before TNG and Discovery. Sarek was one giant, total, irredeemable jerk. Toward both Spock and Amanda. "My wife, attend!" Wow, I'm glad they didn't keep on depicting Vulcan as that patriarchal in later shows. After the surgery, Sarek refuses to thank Spock for saving his life, then puts down Amanda for being a hysterical woman. She just laughs it off and shows him more affection. Ick, ick, ick. In Spock's angry conversation with Amanda about not being able to give up command to save his father, oh sure he doesn't express emotions, sure. I'm really glad the series eventually showed Vulcans and Sarek as being a lot more nuanced than this. Interesting though that in this episode everyone pronounces his name as /sarək/, whereas in Discovery Michael at least calls him /serək/. I guess we can put it down to her being a non-native Vulcan speaker. Throughout the series, it remains a question just what Amanda is getting out of this relationship that makes it worth everything she had to put up with, both from Vulcan society and from her husband. And boy, 1960's depiction of women on TV is mostly terrible. #StarTrek #StarTrekTOS #StarTrekTNG #StarTrekDiscovery
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