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Originally Posted by Super Nintendo Chalmers
I don't understand why the Shatner/Nichols kiss is cited so often. In the story, the kiss was forced on them as a humiliation.
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I'm pretty sure the story line mattered none too much to the racists.
Interesting facts about the kiss:
- Originally it was supposed to be Nichols/Nimoy, but when Shatner saw them rehearsing the kiss he demanded a script change so he could
- The NBC executives wanted them to reshoot the scene without the kiss. Roddenberry was upset with the suits, but agreed to shoot the scene with and without the kiss. But the crew were well into overtime and due to some rules, they only had two hours to get both scenes done. Shatner would do the kiss scene and then say he didn't like it and want to re-shoot it. So they did kiss scene over and over and over - for two hours. At the end he had wasted so much time that they didn't have time to shoot the alternate scene. So the suits had the choice of airing the kiss or not airing the episode at all.
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First gay kiss on prime time network TV was on L.A. Law in 1991. However, there was still quite a controversy when Star Trek did it in 1995 when Dax kissed a woman on DS9.
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Reception to the kiss scene was controversial, as Ronald D. Moore recalled, "Some of the response was pretty angry. Some felt betrayed, didn't want to see this in their homes. An affiliate down south cut the kiss from their broadcast. I remember thinking, it's been a long time since Star Trek was banned in the South. Maybe it's time that we get banned again." Similarly, Rene Echevarria noted, "My mother was absolutely scandalized by the episode. Shocked and dismayed. She told me, 'I can't believe you did that. There should have been a parental guidance warning.' But it's exactly what I wanted to happen, to sneak it right into the living room." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion, p.279)
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