The lack of respect that the entertainment industry has for the intelligence of the general public is legendary. Put into practice, it sadly becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, because if you feed people nothing but empty, predictable garbage for entertainment then the tastes and expectations of the public rapidly become shaped BY what they are watching, and they actually DO start to get stupider! (in general, that is...but not in every case)

Roddenberry was on the right track, but it took decades for the corrupt industry he was working for to catch up with his progressive thinking.

A very famous and extremely capable actress whose name I can't come up with right now for some reason said that Hollywood is run by a little club of "stupid, prejudiced old men", and that is why, for instance, there are so few good roles for women in Hollywood films. I expect she is right about that.

They do not create to enlighten. They do no create to educate. They do not create to inspire people toward a better life. They create strictly to turn a profit. That and only that. They figured they could make a better profit by putting the women on Star Trek in subservient roles and miniskirts.

I used to feel sorry for Nichelle Nichols who played Uhura, because about all she ever got to do was hail some aliens on some other starship....and..."I'm hailing them on all frequencies, Captain, but they aren't responding."

Stood up again! ;-)