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george takei reveals the origin of 039oh my039 the graham norton show - youtube
Bookmarked 192 weeks ago george takei reveals the origin to him saying 039oh my039grahamnortonshow grahamnorton thegnshowfollow us here:facebook: https:wwwfacebookcomthegrahamn |
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star trek - knights of the round table - youtube
Bookmarked 256 weeks ago the star trek enterprise crew discovering camelot |
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to be takei 2014 - full hd movie for free hdbestnet
Bookmarked 377 weeks ago storyline:from outer space to capitol hill from the silver screen to youtube the legendary george takei has blazed his own trail while conquering new frontiers with a beaming trademark grin oh my to be takei is a look at the many roles played by eclectic 77-year-old actoractivist george takei his wit humor and grace have |
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howard stern: george takei talks about harvey weinstein and sexually assault
Bookmarked 456 weeks ago while talking about harvey weinstein george takei talks about grabbing men039s cs while he was on star trek oh my |
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flavor blasted: how many gold fish can you fit on your cat from boston heath
Bookmarked 525 weeks ago how many goldfish can you fit on your cat before it wakes up a documentary about everett the cat who went viral online after his owners covered him in 171 goldfish |
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george takei on today039s fear of immigrants
Bookmarked 559 weeks ago quotstar trekquot actor george takei on how today039s fear of immigrants reminds him of his childhood growing up in a japanese-american internment camp |
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an interracial kiss nearly sank star trek then george takei brought up homosexuality
Bookmarked 574 weeks ago also: hear the powerful story behind how mister sulu got his nameactor activist prolific meme-generator and cultural icon george takei graces big think with his presence today in this powerful 5-minute clip takei explores star trek creator gene roddenberry039s ambitious and progressive vision for the future: quotroddenberry felt that the enterprise was a metaphor for starship earth and the strength of this starship lay in its diversityquotwe also learn that takei039s character sulu represented a united asia free of the many strifes roddenberry witnessed during the 20th century takei tells us how the name quotsuluquot came about it039s an incredibly inspirational storyfinally takei explains the now-glaring omission of gay and lesbian characters from roddenberry039s progressive enterprise in short it was the 1960039s and the biracial kiss between uhura and kirk nearly sank the show roddenberry knew there were limits to what the public would tolerate and he couldn039t risk losing his platform for social commentary by testing them thankfully as takei notes times have changed quite a bit since then in so many ways and star trek and gene roddenberry are partly responsibleread more at bigthinkcom: http:bigthinkcomvideosgeorge-takei-on-star-trek-politicsfollow big think here:youtube: http:googlcptsv5facebook: https:wwwfacebookcombigthinkdotcomtwitter: https:twittercombigthinktranscript - the creator of star trek gene roddenberry was a true visionary the starship enterprise was supposed to be souring through space in the 23rd century by that time the crew of enterprise reflected the philosophy that gene roddenberry had gene roddenberry felt that the enterprise was a metaphor for starship earth and the strength of this starship lay in its diversity people of many different backgrounds many different cultures many different experiences many different ethnicities coming together and working in concert as a team boldly going where no one had on before and that was depicted in the make up of the crew african-american women as the communications chief the captain was a north american the engineer was a european and my character sulu was to represent asia the problem he had was to find a name for this asian character from the 23rd century because every asian surname is nationally specific tanaka is japanese wong is chinese kim is korea and 20th century asia was turbulent with warfare colonization rebellion and he didn039t want to suggest that he wanted to depict and suggest a much more enlightened society and he wanted to find a name that suggested all of asia pan asia and that was a real dilemma for him he had a map of asia pinned on the wall and he was staring at it trying to get some inspiration for the asian character and he found off the coast of the philippines the sulu sea and he thought ah the waters of a sea touch all shores embracing all of asia and that039s how my character came to have the name sulu and so that039s the kind of vision he had projecting into the 23rd centuryhowever i did very privately bring up the issue of gays and lesbians and he was certainly as a sophisticated man mindful of that but he said - in one episode we had a biracial kiss captain kirk and uhura had a kiss that show was literally blacked out in the south louisiana alabama mississippi georgia didn039t air that our ratings plummeted it was the lowest rated episode that we had and he said quoti039m treading a fine tight wire here i039m dealing with issues of the time i039m dealing with the civil rights movement the vietnam war the cold war and i need to be able to make that statement by staying on the airquot he said quotif i dealt with that issue i wouldn039t be able to deal with any issue because i would be canceledquot and i understood that because i was still closeted at that time i talked to him as a liberal rather than as a gay man and i understood his position on that so that039s the way star trek envisioned our future in the 23rd century but i think we039re getting closer to that utopian society that gene roddenberry visualized much more rapidly than even the technology we had this amazing technology on star trek we had this device on our hip walked all over the ship and whenever we wanted to talk to someone we would rip it off and start talking back in the 03960s that was an astounding device no wires attached to it and now in the 21st century early part of the 21st century we not only talk to people but all the things that we do there send text messages watch movies listen to music it039s amazing the kind of progress that we039re making both technologically an societally |
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it takeis two teaser
Bookmarked 592 weeks ago in this reality-series actor and activist george takei star treks sulu and husband brad takei navigate their daily lives from the internet and broadway to jetpacks and human hamster balls with a recipe that is one part optimism and one part pragmatism this dynamic duo overcomes lifes obstacles reminding us that any great enterprise takeis twocreditsbrad takei himselfgeorge takei himselflorenzo thione executive producerjay kuo executive producerwriterrachael solomon producerwriterjeb knight producermatthew nicholson producerwriterzachary halley directormatt brunson editorvisual effectsnoah cline second unit directoraiden tyler lee script supervisorbrian leisring director of photographyjay kidd camera operatorjeremy zerechak camera operatormike wallach production sound mixerjoe cunningham production sound mixerlucas bowman makeup artistbrandon james gwinn orignal musictom dziarmaga original musicgrant nellessen title sequence designerpeter michail title sequence designer |
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george takei: why i love a country that once betrayed me
Bookmarked 631 weeks ago when he was a child george takei and his family were forced into an internment camp for japanese-americans as a quotsecurityquot measure during world war ii 70 years later takei looks back at how the camp shaped his surprising personal definition of patriotism and democracytedtalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the ted conference where the world039s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes or less look for talks on technology entertainment and design -- plus science business global issues the arts and much morefind closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at http:wwwtedcomtranslatefollow ted news on twitter: http:wwwtwittercomtednewslike ted on facebook: https:wwwfacebookcomtedsubscribe to our channel: http:wwwyoutubecomusertedtalksdirector |
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to be takei official trailer 1 2014 - george takei documentary hd
Bookmarked 631 weeks ago subscribe to trailers: http:bitlysxaw6hsubscribe to coming soon: http:bitlyh2vzunsubscribe to indie trailers: http:googlipuuolike us on facebook: http:googldhs73follow us on twitter: http:bitly1ghowmtto be takei official trailer 1 2014 - george takei documentary hda hilarious and moving look at legendary actor activist and pop culture icon george takei who has conquered new frontiers from outer space to capitol hill with his trademark grin oh myquotto be takeiquot quotto be takei trailerquot quotto be takei documentaryquot quotgeorge takeiquot quotgeorge takei documentaryquot legendary actor quotstar trekquot quothikaru suluquot sulu activist quotpop culture iconquot quotoh myquot asian vchan |
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hanging out with george takei oh my
Bookmarked 655 weeks ago actor author activist and social media sensation george takei opens up about his new project at sundance |
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the first gay bachelor with jesse tyler ferguson and george takei popscreen
Bookmarked 663 weeks ago the reality tv show gets a new spin when one gay man looks for love in a mansion filled with lots of other gay men looking for love |
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the george takei happy dance
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago george was so pleased with the unbelievable response to the fundraising campaign that he convinced his husband brad to let him release a video of his quothappy dancequot we couldn039t have done it without all of you and we can039t begin to thank you enough enjoy |
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tennessee lawmakers: we need to chat
Bookmarked 752 weeks ago what the hell is up with tennessee legislators and their anti-lgbt crusade hear my fireside chat and offer to help |
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