Star Trek's Nichelle Nichols Hospitalised In LA After Stroke 40
WheezyJoe writes: The Register tells us that Nichelle Nichols, who played the lovely Lt. Uhura, communications officer of the original starship Enterprise (original series and animated series), has been hospitalized after a mild stroke. She is reported to have undergone a CAT scan and MRI, and was awake and eating as of Thursday evening. Nichols has shown minor signs of loss of mobility but otherwise no signs of paralysis.
Don't worry (Score:1)
She can still communicate using a series of beeps.
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Captain Kirk would call you a double dumb-ass.
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<Chekov>In Soviet San Francisco, Admiral Kirk would call a "double dumb-ass on you!"</Chekov>
Sad (Score:2)
hope she gets well to get out of the hospital (Score:3)
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I met her at a space development conference in Chicago back in the 1980s. She's very much a fan of space exploration.
She's one wonderful lady. I wish her a speedy and complete recovery.
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you'd have actually had to be working in the field.
So, looking bad? Maybe that's just your thing.
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No, Dick, in order to be a real African American Actor, you'd have actually had to be working in the field.
This raises a question. Why is there a different standard for referring to someone's heritage depending on their skin tone? A person with dark skin who 10 generations ago had an ancestor from Africa is an African American. A person (like me) who's ancestors came from Czechoslovakia two generations ago is just an American. In fact, a person of light skin whose ancestors had come from Africa two generations back would probably also just be referred to as an American. I suspect that if I found someone with da
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Pudden'Head Wilson. That's the title of a Mark Twain short book which investigates some of the prejudices around being a fraction African-American. It was a very snarky book for its time, it still is.
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Why is there a different standard for referring to someone's heritage depending on their skin tone?
Have you really never come across the concept of "racism"?
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Doctor King didn't agree with you.
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hurt real African American actors for a generation. She was an embarrassment, and she made the rest of us look bad.
Whoopie Goldberg is of a decidedly different opinion. From the wikipedia article [wikipedia.org] (which also corresponds to what I have heard her say in interviews). 'According to an anecdote told by Nichelle Nichols in the documentary film Trekkies (1997), a young Goldberg was watching Star Trek, and upon seeing Nichols' character Uhura, exclaimed, "Momma! There's a black lady on TV and she ain't no maid!" This spawned lifelong fandom of Star Trek for Goldberg, who would eventually ask for and receive a recurring guest-
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Nichelle Nichols, who played the lovely Lt. Uhura (Score:3, Insightful)
Nichelle Nichols, who played the lovely Lt. Uhura
Lovely? That's a bit of an understatement. She was down right sexy as hell in her day.
I wish her a speedy and full recovery.
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Damn right!
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I never thought of her as a beauty but she's definitely not awkward or unpleasant looking. Her face is actually very pretty and she had a nice figure. At least a 7.
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She was a 10! Like that time in "Paradise Syndrome" when a spored-up Uhura turns around and tells Kirk that all communications are... "out".
Pure sugar. I'd beam right into that.
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He was complimenting her and you know it.
Best wishes to you Nichelle (Score:4)
Re:Best wishes to you Nichelle (Score:5, Insightful)
And they sneaked her into a role where the casual viewer would think she was just a switchboard operator, but in fact she would have had one of the highest security clearances on the entire ship.
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She had a lot of good parts in many episodes. It was the first time I remember a black woman playing something besides a maid.
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She was groundbreaking as one of the earliest actors on a multiracial show - controversial in the day. ...live long and prosper.
Also ground breaking in that she didn't play a sterotypical role for her races, while the other racial roles did play a stereotypical role for their race.
The Shatner lich feeds again (Score:4, Funny)
Given how active Shatner is, in his 80s, still competing in horse shows and all, I'm more and more certain he's some kind of undead, feeding on the souls of his former co-stars.
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Yeah, I bet he will outlive all of his ST:TOS actors and maybe his fans too. :O
Get well soon (Score:2)
Get well soon. You're far too young and energetic to be taken from us all yet!
Terrible news (Score:2, Funny)
I hope she manages to Klingon.
StarTalk: Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Nichelle (Score:5, Interesting)
Pure gold.
2011-07-10: Startalk: NASA and Nichelle Nichols [startalkradio.net]
Through her ground-breaking role as Star Trek's Chief Communications Officer Lt. Uhura, Nichelle Nichols became a passionate advocate to get women and minorities involved in real-world space exploration. Many were inspired to become astronauts thanks to her efforts, including NASA's current administrator, General Charles Bolden. While she continues working through various endeavors to get young people excited about space, she hopes that the power of Star Trek will inspire us to keep pushing the boundaries of the final frontier.
2011-07-11: StarTalk: A Conversation with Nichelle Nichols [startalkradio.net]
Some might know Nichelle Nichols best from Star Trek, but this actress, singer, dancer and space advocate has much to say beyond her role in TV's exploration of the final frontier. In this exclusive interview, she talks about how science fiction and Star Trek --- and specifically her ground-breaking role as Chief Communications Officer Lt. Uhura --- not only impacted her life, but also had an influence on society over space and time.