Re: Some thoughts on Role models
I don't think it was racism, at least concioussly. Tigh was already "taken", as it were. RDM wanted to "re-imagine", so they did. Same with Boomer. Both characters had won accolades in the original, now he wanted to acquire that for his new version, by using the names. Nothing was ever said about "race issues" in the Colonies. Did Tigh or Boomer's ancestors, wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy back, ever suffer indignities or persecution because of skin color, language, or whatever? We do not know, but it is I think a mistake to draw too many analogies from our own experience.
Personally, I never focused on Tigh or Boomer, or any of them, as Black. Their performances were what I was watching.
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