It’s both and isn’t it? I do think Anson Mount and his hair are so so so so good that it hurts.
I do get your point about centering yet another white man. This is one with an inherent expiration date, and is grappling with that and what it means and looks like. I find that compelling, over the bulletproof and way too self confident Kirk who seemingly grapples with nothing and doesn’t seem to have much of an inner life.
Revamping the future doesn’t mean that no white men will be captain, it means they will be merely one proportionate flavor, not the sole or overwhelming flavor. I do find that refreshing.
Ehhhh—after ST: DISCOVERY with an Asian female, Black female, and Alien Male(?) Captains; ST: THE LOWER DECKS and its Black female captain; and ST: PICARD with a Black female and her White female lover as captains? We can give one ship to the middle-aged Straight White guy with the truly big hair, especially one who's as good as Anson Mount's Christopher Pike is.
Progressivism doesn't mean NO White Male Captains, it means White Male Captains are no longer the ONLY Captains. ST: STRANGE NEW WORLDS does a good job balancing Starfleet so that, while Pike is the First Among Equals on his own ship? His immediate superior and former ENTERPRISE Captain Robert April is a Black man, Pike's fellow starship captain and lover is White female Captain Batel (assuming that Hack Fraud™ Alex Kurtzman doesn't swoop in and 'fridge her next season!), and whenever ST: SNW shows other Captains they have a racial, gender and human/alien mix.
Pike also shows up at Starbases more than James T. Kirk ever did, so we don't get the idea the White Father Phallus is the only authority—and Anson Mount doesn't play the role like he's the only authority, or even really a Father Phallus (well, except maybe to Captain Batel! 😉 ). If I didn't like Mount's interpretation of Pike so much, I'd say he might actually be better as a Pastor than a Commanding Officer....
It’s both and isn’t it? I do think Anson Mount and his hair are so so so so good that it hurts.
I do get your point about centering yet another white man. This is one with an inherent expiration date, and is grappling with that and what it means and looks like. I find that compelling, over the bulletproof and way too self confident Kirk who seemingly grapples with nothing and doesn’t seem to have much of an inner life.
Revamping the future doesn’t mean that no white men will be captain, it means they will be merely one proportionate flavor, not the sole or overwhelming flavor. I do find that refreshing.
Ehhhh—after ST: DISCOVERY with an Asian female, Black female, and Alien Male(?) Captains; ST: THE LOWER DECKS and its Black female captain; and ST: PICARD with a Black female and her White female lover as captains? We can give one ship to the middle-aged Straight White guy with the truly big hair, especially one who's as good as Anson Mount's Christopher Pike is.
Progressivism doesn't mean NO White Male Captains, it means White Male Captains are no longer the ONLY Captains. ST: STRANGE NEW WORLDS does a good job balancing Starfleet so that, while Pike is the First Among Equals on his own ship? His immediate superior and former ENTERPRISE Captain Robert April is a Black man, Pike's fellow starship captain and lover is White female Captain Batel (assuming that Hack Fraud™ Alex Kurtzman doesn't swoop in and 'fridge her next season!), and whenever ST: SNW shows other Captains they have a racial, gender and human/alien mix.
Pike also shows up at Starbases more than James T. Kirk ever did, so we don't get the idea the White Father Phallus is the only authority—and Anson Mount doesn't play the role like he's the only authority, or even really a Father Phallus (well, except maybe to Captain Batel! 😉 ). If I didn't like Mount's interpretation of Pike so much, I'd say he might actually be better as a Pastor than a Commanding Officer....