stackyFACTSIf you want to sell a progressive utopian vision of the future to 1960s TV executives, you have to lie to them in a language they understand.
If you want to sell a progressive utopian vision of the future to 1960s TV executives, you have to lie to them in a language they understand. Roddenberry knew studios only wanted cowboy shows, so he literally pitched 'Star Trek' as 'Wagon Train to the stars.' He promised gunfights and frontier exploration, but secretly sneaked in complex moral allegories, a diverse crew, and intense social commentary beneath a cheap veneer of laser battles and alien babes.
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