tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825355310180329162.post601157863683447534..comments2023-11-05T01:24:58.164-07:00Comments on Radio Free Skaro - The Chronic Hysteresis: 4S1 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang 1Stevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578655359615732365noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825355310180329162.post-26756382632295423812010-09-13T18:04:34.607-06:002010-09-13T18:04:34.607-06:00Steven, well said, sir. Good on you.Steven, well said, sir. Good on you.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02083963339218023195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825355310180329162.post-55414753420335846322009-11-19T14:20:20.075-07:002009-11-19T14:20:20.075-07:00Wasn't Holmes' Singapore-set story for the...Wasn't Holmes' Singapore-set story for the Season-23-that-wasn't going to be called "Yellow Fever, And How To Cure It"? Not that one can read too much into a mere title, but it doesn't exactly sound like he trod sensitively around the issue of race, even ten years later...<br /><br />I'm pretty sure the treatment of Chinamen is consistent with Arthur Conan Doyle, at least.Who+https://www.blogger.com/profile/17614182093392017208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4825355310180329162.post-47370639041653176182009-11-12T13:47:59.959-07:002009-11-12T13:47:59.959-07:00I agree that the story shouldn't be judged sol...I agree that the story shouldn't be judged solely by its racial attitudes and casting decisions--but I think it must be a least partially taken into consideration when judging a story, just as direction, lighting, music, and effects must be. For me, Talons has significant failings in a lot of places, but it still makes itself fun--but I would be much happier if they had even tried to find a leading guest actor who was Asian.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872984060680282164noreply@blogger.com