Saturday, February 28, 2015

Star Trek - "A Private Little War"

In this analogy for the Vietnam war, Kirk must grudgingly arm a peaceful, preindustrial civilization with guns because the Klingons are arming their enemies. Works best if you don't automatically presume the Federation and it's reluctance to engage is supposed to represent some idealistic illusion of America in the cold war.

RATING: 93%
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