The kiss Plato's Stepchildren

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the kiss between kirk , uhura incorrectly cited first white , black interracial kiss portrayed on television. nbc reluctant film scene.


the episode features kiss between james t. kirk (william shatner) , lt. uhura (nichelle nichols) described first scripted interracial kiss on american television. first interracial kiss on television may have occurred years earlier on american television on december 5, 1960, in adventures in paradise - big surf , between gardner mckay , pilar seurat; next on september 26, 1961, in laramie - dragan @ door , season 3, episode 1, nobu mccarthy , robert fuller. later on british television, in small corner, featured kiss between black actor lloyd reckord , white actress elizabeth maclennan, , broadcast live on uk s itv channel in june 1962. such kiss occurred in 1966, when wild wild west, james t. west (robert conrad) , princess ching ling (pilar seurat), shared white , asian interracial kiss in night dragon screamed , aired january 14, 1966. in same year on spy, kelly robinson (robert culp) , sam (france nuyen) had white , asian interracial kiss ( tiger , aired january 5, 1966 ). there had been kiss between sammy davis, jr. , nancy sinatra on movin nancy in 1967, year before plato s stepchildren aired.


the episode portrays kiss involuntary, being forced telekinesis, perhaps avoid hint of romance risk outrage among viewers. also, william shatner recalls in star trek memories nbc insisted lips never touch (the technique of turning heads away camera used conceal this). however, nichelle nichols insists in autobiography beyond uhura (written in 1994 after shatner s book) kiss real, in takes head obscures lips.


when nbc executives learned of kiss became concerned anger tv stations in deep south. there were, however, few contemporary records of complaints commenting on scene. nichelle nichols observes plato s stepchildren first aired in november 1968 received huge response. received 1 of largest batches of fan mail ever, of positive, many addressed me girls wondering how felt kiss captain kirk, , many him guys wondering same thing me. however, no 1 found kiss offensive except single mildly negative letter 1 white southerner wrote: totally opposed mixing of races. however, time red-blooded american boy captain kirk gets beautiful dame in arms looks uhura, ain t gonna fight it. nichols notes me, memorable episode of our last season plato s stepchildren.








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