tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2003285003112358537.post6602254323481772226..comments2024-03-20T02:40:27.028-07:00Comments on Warp Speed to Nonsense: Season 3, Episode 67 "Plato's Stepchildren"Last of the Archonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05235468580971451512noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2003285003112358537.post-51037227452028067632019-01-03T12:32:53.227-08:002019-01-03T12:32:53.227-08:00I love the reasoning in the above comment. "T...I love the reasoning in the above comment. "This imaginary person was not offended by words." Come on, man. Michael Dunn is an actor. If the script tells him to be offended, he'll be offended; if not, not. Says nothing about the real person.Casey Robersonhttp://perfectstrangersreviewed.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2003285003112358537.post-53022813291166396692016-09-27T12:40:17.154-07:002016-09-27T12:40:17.154-07:00I liked this episode for showing an honest look at...I liked this episode for showing an honest look at abuse, something probably not ever really done in the 60s. Alexander was a great character, full of integrity, and then the moral - that he should not become evil like his abusers, that he's better than that. The acting was top notch. Yes, this episode was full of horrible abuse, and yes it was hard to watch. It was a good episode, but not one I'd rewatching too often. I'll admit to looking away and cringing a lot during viewing. <br /><br />I can't fault the show too much, because while Kirk calling Alexander a "little surprise" could have come off bad, that is what they like to be called, ("little people") and Alexander was obviously not offended by it. The fact that this episode treated him not as an oddity but as a person, and realistically delt with the kind of turmoil someone put in his position would feel, was probably a huge deal in the 60s, and still remains so today, where people with this syndrome are still looked at as an oddity by the general populace. Kirk telling him that his height didn't matter, that he was a person who deserved to treated with dignity and respect, regardless of any perceived disability, was an important message to get across. Outsider65noreply@blogger.com