Well, if you see the Twilight Zone episode of "I am night, paint me black," you will see that Rod Serling was very against racism. I think it was just how people tended to talk, even after the occupation of Japan. Of course, today, a comment like that Japanese derogatory term is very offensive.
If you paid attention to the video that wasn't the problem. The problem is that it cast a Japanese-American as a fifth columnist who puts out the signal for the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Japanese-Americans...who earned the bulk of the medals for heroism took understandable umbrage at the creation of this fictional character. This especially rankled when you considered the unjust internment of Japanese Americans during the war, for no other reason than prejudice.
What was George's giggle at 0:38? In all my years of obsession with George, the endless discussions of George's laugh on the wrap-up show, I've never heard that giggle!
I always liked this twilight Zone...It is well acted...it's unfortunate it was pulled from syndication after it aired for racist comments--but Rod Serling was purposely trying to show the character as a bigot. I guess back then you couldnt use any offensive language.
Mr. Takei you obviously haven't read the books. If you did, you would know that there are a lot of lessons to be learned from the Saga. A couple of which are SACRIFICE, LOYALTY, UNITY AND LOVE. For all their powers and strength these vampires chose to live HUMANELY--a shock in this world where HUMANS can't even treat each other with respect. That's not to say that they are not monsters. You forget--the more dangerous of monsters are those who can lure you in and make you believe they are good.
