Okay. Those are all good reasons but “It was the 70s and he wasn’t white” is definitely my favorite.

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    1 year ago

    Don’t Hollywood types always say “show, don’t tell?”

    Seems kinda like when JK Rowling made Dumbledore gay as an apparent afterthought…

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        1 year ago

        True. I was being deliberately over-diplomatic for once 😁

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        No no no clearly the actor was told to show the emotion of someone who finds the whole show laughable and is already warming to the idea of the much better celebration that’s being prepared on his home planet. You can see the sparkle in his eyes, especially in the remastered edition