quote:Originally posted by Bernd: [QUOTE] Actually the development in "real world TV" has long overtaken Star Trek. In the 60s it was something radical to have black people in "white roles", and it was only accepted as something that might come true in the far future. Now, 30 years later, Star Trek isn't anything like avant-garde in this respect. On the contrary, the setting (of characters and places) of Enterprise is the least progressive ever in the franchise.
But to make realistic television you don�t need 'all the colors of the rainbow'. If we had an Indian, a German, a Russian, a British, a Mexican.. on Enterprise it would look extremely cheesy. An aspect of Star Trek was that it pushed boundaries and represented was television should be - equal opportunity (both in character and actors.)
Your original post referred to all things not American as "foreign". That�s exactly what they are here. Foreign. Hoshi Sato is a foreign name to us, the producers, the staff, and so on. If we included too many foreign elements into Enterprise, the show will seem foreign to its American viewers.
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