Next up, parting the Red Sea

In the original series Uhura had straightened hair, which Nichelle Nichols later called "denying her identity" or something similar. When the movies came around Nichelle was determined to keep her afro but the studio called this "too contemporary". They settled on the short style.

Is Uhura presenting as more masculine because she doesn't have long, straightened hair? Of course not. Is a hairstyle that black people have had for thousands of years "too contemporary" to appear on black people hundreds of years in the future? Of course not.

There's a long Star Trek tradition of being obsessed with Uhura's hair in particular. The racist connotations of calling Celia Rose Gooding's profile masculine because they have short hair unfortunately have a long history in Star Trek. It's also very telling that people don't complain about how almost every black woman in Star Trek had straightened hair until recently, which is a time consuming process and wouldn't work for everyone - but they chime in when a woman has a much shorter, easier to manage hairstyle. Which one makes more sense in the quasi military setting of Starfleet?

The Lead (William Shatner), the Director (Nicolas Meyer), and the Executive Producer (Leonard Nimoy) of “Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country”.

The hilarity of this event didn’t hit me until a few minutes later. It was discussed with my very cynical co-workers and then forgotten about.

Until I told one of my managers about it.

“Did you just yell back MARKERS?” she asked.

I’d forgotten about this.

Anyway top 5 Columbo gay moments?

you're asking me to pick five of my favorite children? very well. i'll try. top five columbo gay momence...

number five, double exposure

number four, swan song

number three, etude in black

number two, sky high IQ

number one, any old port

honorable mentions, short fuse

and prescription: murder